12 Jan
2001
12 Jan
'01
9:33 p.m.
My one and only encounter with OS/2 was in '94 or so, and when I found that
it took my system adminsitrator almost a whole day to install the contents
of the five or six pounds of diskettes, I decided it would be my last. It
took me about 45 minutes to restore the DOS/Win3.11.
I guess it doesn't take much to kill an OS.
Dick
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From: <THETechnoid(a)home.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: OT! RE: Nuke Richmond (Long)
My OS/2 box routes internet traffic for seven other
machines pulling a
total of 770kbps off my cable modem while running this mailer, eight or
more copies of netscape, playing MPEGS off of the internet and burning a
cd all at once. I routinely have uptimes measured in weeks not hours
though since this is also my personal computer in addition to being the
burner and router, I mess with it a lot. Swapping cdrom drives or cards
requires a reboot.....
My point is that OS/2 is everything Microsoft has been saying both Win9x
and NT are combined plus a lot (like a good, stable design). It is easier
to use than any other operating system short of 9x and has a FAR better
GUI than Windows or anything else at all.
I've heard even really smart people (who obviosly had never laid eyes on
OS/2) say that 'it sucks' or other derogotory things. This is mostly FUD
and propoganda from MS, but also, IBM couldn't sell and operating system
if they included a free PC with it.
Regards,
Jeff
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And for the most part that's what Windows
delivers, albeit sometimes very
poorly. I can be playing Casino99, listening to Napster tunes, surfing
the web, checking my e-mail, have a telnet session open, and have Outlook
Express open, all concurrently. But then when I close down Casino99
while Napster is playing a tune, Napster crashes. Then it causes other
shit to go haywire sometimes, resulting in the need to reboot. This is
on a Dell Dimension 4100. A nice box.
If I would trade convenience for stability and run
Linux instead, I could
do all these things, only faster, better, and cheaper (in terms of less
medication for my high blood pressure caused by every Windows reboot).
Sellam Ismail
Vintage Computer
Festival
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