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From: David_Wright@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0
Message-ID: <9105231120.AA92728@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org>
Date: 17 May 91 18:44:09 GMT
Reply-To: David_Wright@p4.f905.n153.z1.fidonet.org (David Wright)
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Comment-To: Mark_Ryland@p4.f905.n153.z1.fidonet.org (Mark Ryland)


 MR> Not quite.  The "official line" (what MS told the press in February)
 MR> is that Win32/DOS will be about as robust as OS/2 1.x/2.x -- i.e., (as
 MR> we all know), under certain conditions Ring 3 code can still hose the
 MR> system.  Win32/NT will be far more robust than current OS/2.

  Just as Windows will inherit code from OS/2, so OS/2 will inherit code 
from NT, hence the term "cross" licensing.  Being more robust than 1991-OS/2 
in 1993 won't mean very much.  OS/2 isn't going to stand still while NT is 
being created.  Most of the enhancements for NT will appear in OS/2 before 
NT reaches dealer shelves.  IBM will turn the tables on Microsoft, and OS/2 
will do to NT, what Windows has been doing to PM.

                Dave


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