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From: joefritz@pawl.rpi.edu (Jochen M. Fritz)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Why OS/2   Was Re: Stoopid *nix freaks!
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Date: 25 Feb 90 15:59:36 GMT
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  [The original atricle was praising OS/2.  I'll save bandwidth by not 
reposting it]

   It seems that microsoft and ibm (note the small letters) both have the 
corporate philosophy to establish a standard, then stisk with it.  DOS was
the firse such standard, and I actually like it.  (What I had before was 
Apple II ProDOS-- No memory management, no TSR, or any other good stuff)

    What I feel should have been done was rather that creating OS/2, why 
not push UNIX systems instead.  There are already several versions for
PC's.  And there is no shortage of software.  The problems: Microsoft would
not be able to sell their language compilers seperatelly, because they are
such an integral part of the system.  Also, the user interface in UNIX is
less than ideal, but even this could be fixed.  You could write a graphical
shell for UNIX, if that was needed.  The only reason that UNIX would not be 
used on a PC is it's image as a hacker's system, and a PC is am office
machine where, computer illerate's bang out form letters and spreadsheets.

    The propogation of OS/2 is just more of a business decision, rather 
than what is best for the user.  

flame off.

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| Jochen Fritz            | For though we live in the world, we do not |
| joefritz@pawl.rpi.edu   | wage war as the world does.-- 2 Cor. 10:3  |      
| usergk2s@rpitsmts.bitnet| You have heard it said, Love your neighbor |
| Noah [the peace monger] | and hate your enemy.  But I tell you: Love |
|                         | your enemies.  Matt. 5:43-44               |
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