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From: johnm@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: OS/2 Anyone?
Message-ID: <216100037@trsvax>
Date: 7 Jun 88 13:12:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!johnm    Jun  7 08:12:00 1988


[Person coming to grips with fact that OS2 is a sham deleted :-)]

>released? How about public domain software for OS/2? Is it out there in one 
>place?

If there is any out there it is in one place alright.  In fact it's probably
all on one disk...

The reason for the vast quantities of PD and shareware stuff for the PC's is
that the machines (at least the low end ones) are cheap and software for
development (like Turbo or Quick C) is dirt cheap.  Thus anybody can get in on
the act in their living room.  The same is not true of OS2 and the machines
that run it.  Just the operating system itself is more than most people want
to spend for ANY piece of software.  Unless the cost of OS2, the machines to run
it, and the development software are suddenly cut in half you can bet that you
will NEVER see a significant amount of free software for the system.

John Munsch