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From: Joe_Salemi@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org (Joe Salemi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: OS2 coming on strong (pc-rag)
Message-ID: <9105231121.AA92788@f170.n771.z3.fidonet.org>
Date: 19 May 91 06:17:51 GMT
Reply-To: Joe_Salemi@p1.f136.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Salemi)
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Comment-To: David_Wright@p1.f136.n109.z1.fidonet.org (David Wright)

In a message to Wynne Stepp <14 May 91 00:20> David Wright wrote:

 DW>  Is it fair to "rag" on PC Magazine?  Until they take a serious
 DW> look at OS/2 1.3, which is less a memory hog and faster than
 DW> Windows, yes I think so.


"They" already DID take a look at OS/2 1.3 -- Issue dated 2/12/91, First 
Looks.  The conclusion of the author (me) is:

"The additional features of 1.3 are a good indication of the capabilities 
that 2.0 will have.  But unless a flood of OS/2 applications appear over the 
next few months, users without an immediate need for OS/2's features should 
probably wait for OS/2 2.0."

Unfortunately, for 80% of the PC users out there, that's still true -- there 
just aren't a lot of OS/2 apps out yet.  I can hardly be accused of being an 
"OS/2 basher" -- and like Charles P., I firmly wait for OS/2 2.0 to be the 
breakout product, and fervently hope that IBM gets it right, and it DOES 
becomes as successful as it deserves.

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