#OS/2
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Well,
all reviews of OS/2 (which is available) show that it's better than Windows 3.x
and comparisons with Windows95 betas show that it's about as good as that but
W95 won't be available for some time (last date I've heard was November 95,
maybe it's gonna be 1996 yet) – not even the pre-release version is at the
moment. The problem is that IBM haven't committed themselves to bring W95
compatibility into OS/2, so people are putting off their purchase decisions
until some definite statement is made (and then will buy Windows 96 anyway…).
Maybe Pournelle is right in saying IBM should GIVE OS/2 to anyone who wants to
have it and see to it that it be ported to PowerPC ASAP to have success…
Cheers,
// Christian "ELP" Busse
\X/ near Frankfurt, Germany
Christian
> Maybe Pournelle is right in saying IBM
> should GIVE OS/2 to anyone who wants to have it and see to it that it be
> ported to PowerPC ASAP to have success…
Shhhhh….they might be reading here, looking for the secret of
Commodore's success. Yes, that is exactly what any good practical german
businessman or japanese kairetsu determined to conquor their market
segment _would_ do, but thank goodness IBM is an ami company and therefore
too short sighted to see this. The wisdom of Wall street is to drive your
customers away with greedy nickel and dime gouging for every little
service you do them and only worry about making a profit this afternoon,
never thinking for a moment about next year, much less five years from
now. IBM is really not one bit wiser than Commodore was.
Tom
alternate: jonest@hfsi.com
I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
>> IBM is really not one bit wiser than Commodore was.
Any company is wiser than Commodore, IBM still around. Even ATARI is wiser
than Commodore. Any doorknob is wiser than Commodore. In other words nothing
is dummer than Commodore, Commodore is the absolute and perfect 0 for marketing
strategy. If it exists is wiser than Commodore.
Well Ed, how can I argue with that? It has been suggested that Commodore's
final claim to fame may lie in their inclusion in MBA testbooks as the
definitive study of how not to run a computer manufacturing business, but
I think they will have some competition for that title too: Honeywell,
NCR, Sperry-Rand, Bull…..
Tom
alternate: jonest@hfsi.com
I never met a man I didn't like…Will Rogers
Well, by those standards, then at least NeXT was dummer than C=.
They brought their machine out later, sold fewer, and died sooner.
Which makes Steve Jobs dummer than C=. (Though he still exists, and
designed/marketed the NeXT.)
I believe that Commodore still technically exists. It is in liquidation,
and is not currently producing/marketing computer, however, as a legal
entity, it still exists and is being run by the trustees. (Who in the
opinion of some are dummer than anybody.)
– Alex…. Still Whap!'n after all these years
>>Which makes Steve Jobs dummer than C=. (Though he still exists, and
>>designed/marketed the NeXT.)
Well, I guess what he did for Apple does not count. Plus, NEXT STEP is still
around. I don't think a 1 year old corpse to be count as a running company
(not producing anything).
I repeat there is NO dummer than CBM-I, just as dumb is all anyone could sink
into. CBM-I is the absolute 0.
Eudard Joseph
CBM < negative infinity
IBM has not been "MicroSlothing" its customers with OS2 — One of the many
reasons why OS2 is much more popular than the Gates sweetheart PC press wants
to say.
An additional reason for OS2's popularity might just be that software vendors
in systems development work seem to find that their products port to OS2 and
work not only in the development environment but even in the field too!
These same vendors typically report having given up on WNT.
-bill
>>These same vendors typically report having given up on WNT.
Which vendors? We are having problems finding GOOD software for OS/2. Even
our backup software although functional is incredibly limited in functionality,
support of tape drives, etc.
Eduard J.
Which backup software are you using?
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