Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:28427 comp.sys.amiga:33425 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!rice.bitnet!schafer From: SCHAFER@RICE.BITNET (Richard A. Schafer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: OS/2 vs AmigaDOS Message-ID: <1034SCHAFER@RICE> Date: 8 May 89 03:33:11 GMT References: <2134@iitmax.IIT.EDU> <5625@microsoft.UUCP> <5664@microsoft.UUCP> Organization: Rice University - ICSA Lines: 24 In article <5664@microsoft.UUCP>, t-stephp@microsoft.UUCP (Stephen Poole) says: >I have been using OS/2 for about nine months now, and can honestly say >that it is a tremendous pleasure to use. Until I tried it for myself >I was a member of the sheeplike crowd of folks who had not used it and >believed all the negative comments the reviewers constantly made. The >productivity gains I have realized have been amazing. I totally dig >having email running all the time and checking for new messages, having >two compilations running, having my machine set up as a network server >(a piece of cake, and something that can be done at any time without >even rebooting), all while I'm using Word or a telecommunications >program and formatting a floppy. And that's on a 4.6M machine WITH >the DOS box enabled. That strikes me as being pretty good resource >management. What communications program are you using? I've just started working with OS/2 (SE 1.1) and I'm looking for a communications program. (Yes, I know I could spend the money and upgrade to Extended Edition, and with the 50% educational discount, I just might do that, but I'm trying to look at other options, too.) Do you know any good source of public domain/shareware programs for OS/2, or is it too early for things like that? ------- Richard A. Schafer Manager, Systems Support