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From: resnicks@netcom.COM (Steve Resnick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 sales forecasts
Message-ID: <1991May10.185607.10666@netcom.COM>
Date: 10 May 91 18:56:07 GMT
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In article <1466@nih-csl.nih.gov> bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler) writes:
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>Yes, the general feeling is that OS/2 has, to date, sold exceptionally
>poorly.  OS/2 2.0 has the potential to reverse this trend - when it is
>released in seven months or so.  As a certified member of cynics anonymous,
>I feel obliged to point out that this is exactly what a lot of folks were
>saying OS/2 1.3 would do last fall, and it certainly hasn't done so.

I heard the same about 1.3, and thought to myself "BullS##t!". Until OS/2
supports the folks who have a LOT of money invested in DOS software for their
PC's there isn't much attraction. Sure, you can run DOS programs in the
compatibility box, but only one at a time and not concurrently with OS/2
applications, unless you are in the DOS box. I like OS/2, and have been
running it for 18 months. My requirements of a system are much different
than Joe Users': I'm a programmer, so when I need something I don't have
I write it. OS/2 does what I need, with a minimal amount of applications
software. This, as I am sure you can empathize with, is much different than
what a user would want from his OS. Now I just wish they'd release 2.0! :)

Cheers!
Steve

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