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From: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: OS/2 vs AmigaDOS
Message-ID: <2755@csccat.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 89 06:16:25 GMT
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Reply-To: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler)
Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas
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In article <21187634@macs.UUCP> mdg@macs.UUCP (Mark Griffith) writes:
<In article <GRIFF.89Apr28084613@intelob.intel.com>, griff@intelob.intel.com (Richard Griffith) writes:
<> 
<> (Whew! Sorry about the long post, but like many Amiga lovers, any mention
<>  of the Stupidity of upgrading any PC to OS/2 drives me into the "Will you
<>  *LOOK* at what your doing, you idiot?!?!?", you know, the kind of reaction
<>  you have when someone sticks a screwdriver into a big power panel that's
<>  still turned on....:-)
<> 
<>                        OS/2 - Half an Operating System for TWICE the price!
<> 
<
<Gee.....we folks that have been running OS-9 on microcomputers for some
<six or seven years now really get a kick out of the "new kids on the
<block" boasting about the abilities of their systems.
<
<In light of the previous posting here concerning OS/2 and megabytes of
<memory, Bill Gates was quoted as saying something like you MUST have at
<least 4 Meg to multitask.  I guess he never saw a 64K 6809 machine
<running OS-9 Level I back in '83 when Microsoft was getting started (ir
<was it earlier than that??)
<
<I guess we'll just have to see what happens when OS-9 is released for
<the 80386 (maybe) or the MacIntosh.
<
</\/\ark
<
<UUCP: mdg@macs
<BITNET: GRIFFITH@STETSON

Jesus! some people. IF a 6809 is so damn good then why don't we see more
of them. I have programed under OS9 and UNIFLEX, and let me tell you,
that they cannot hold a candle to OS/2 in feature/performance! 
So don't cry to us! blame it on SWTP. they wanted to stay small..
and they still are! As for OS9 for 80x86?? It will be just like
any other operating system try to horn in on this market, and they 
will still be small potatos.