On 10/14/2005 at 6:18 PM Bert Thomas wrote:
I disaggree on the argument. M$ contributed no 32-bit
code to OS/2 as
far as I can tell. IMO it is the 32-bit code that made OS/2 superior to
Windows. BTW, OS/2 has some features that are not available on any other
OS, such as the immense flexibility of running DOS programs. One can
even write special device drivers that emulate a device in a virtual DOS
machine. There are many settings available for VDMs and features like
detecting polling loops to prevent waisting time I have never seen before.
I'll also add that there's no way that Microsoft could have written the
programmer's documentation for OS/2! It's clean and coherent--not a
trademark of Microsoft, IMOHO.
Cheers,
Chuck