Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!imagen!atari!portal!cup.portal.com!dan-hankins From: dan-hankins@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: OS/2 vs. Pournelle Message-ID: <9747@cup.portal.com> Date: 5 Oct 88 04:04:01 GMT References: <5384@fluke.COM> <9362@swan.ulowell.edu> <800@super.ORG> peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes: >The reason for OS/2 has nothing to do with technical superiority, a fresh >start, or anything like that. It's a blatant attempt to sell IBM hardware, >and to lock out the competition. Just business as usual for IBM. Whoa there! OS/2 is as much a product of Microsoft as it is IBM. Plus, it *will* run on any AT compatible, so I don't see how it is an attempt to sell IBM hardware and lock out competition. I do think they could have done a better job, although I'm not sure considering all the hacks that must be done to get by Intel's kludgy architectures. Dan Hankins My opinions and IBM's are mutually orthogonal.