From: juan@noyles.pha.pa.us (Juan J. E. T. Noyles)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Hard future for OS/2 2.0 ....
Date: 13 Sep 92 05:30:56 GMT
Organization: The Noyles OS/2 Platform

marten@feki.toppoint.de writes in article <716296545snx@feki.toppoint.de>:
> 
> The time is counting to zero for OS/2 2.0.
> 
> Here in Germany a big computer newspaper (ComputerWoche) is VERY
> sceptical about the success of OS/2 2.0. During the last weeks the
> comments on this OS are getting worse.

Well, there in Germany, people are getting killed, maimed and otherwise harassed
because they want to live in Germany.  Why should German criticism of an American
operating system matter to anyone?

> 
> Here are some points, the writers mentioned:
> 
>  -- OS/2 2.0  is too difficult for the end user

Anything is too difficult for the end user who doesn't want to learn anything else.

> 
>  -- OS/2 2.0  needs too much hardware

You don't *have* to use OS/2.  If you'd like to be constrained to cheap hardware,
buy a cheap operating system.  Like DOS.

> 
>  -- OS/2 2.0  where are the appilications?

What difference does it make?  If you want an OS/2 application, why don't you
build it?  Why are you asking for programs for an operating system that you can't
afford to run anyway?

> 
>  -- OS/2 2.0  there's no need for multitasking

There's no need for criticism, then.

> 
>  -- OS/2 2.0  is too expensive (here in Germany)

So, either get a better job or run Windows!

> 
>  -- OS/2 2.0  not clear, what the long-term strategy of IBM is ..

Like Microsoft has a clear strategy?!  Like GERMANY has a clear
strategy??!!!

> 
>  -- OS/2 2.0  not clear, if OS/2 is suitable for server stations

What are you going to use as a server, that PCjr in the corner?

> 
>   They say, that Windows 3.1 has won the battle against OS/2 2.0 in the
> market of the desktop user (= end user). For other things like network
> or server purposes they are all waiting for Windows NT or are still
> looking for a suitable UNIX-version ....
> 

Who really gives a damn what they say?  Who in hell are they, anyway?

>   Some are predicting, that 1994 the market of server-OS is shared by
> Netware, NT and UNIX and no one will see OS/2 there.

Like I said, who cares what they say?

> 
>  If you are a  customer today it seems to be clear: Windows 3.1 is
> working, has multimedia in it, has lot's of beautiful application
> (Lotus, AmiPro, Excel, Word, Freelance ............) and it's cheaper
> than OS/2 2.0.

If I want to dick around with a cute application, I play with Windows.
If I want to get some work done, I kill my Windows program and
subroutines (Lotus, AmiPro, Excel, Word, Freelance ...) and give my
OPERATING SYSTEM less sh*t to shovel!

> 
>  The prices for dealers here in Germany are quite interesting:
> 
>    Windows 3.1 for about $50 (without DOS), OS/2 2.0 for about $130

Windows without DOS is like water without hydrogen, y'know?

> 
>  The customer price is very strange: OS/2 2.0 price is still official
> placed at 440.- DM (or $300) from IBM. Other dealers (mail) offer
> this OS for about 300.- DM (or $200).
> 
>  For me it's clear: OS72 is the right product for me. 
> 
>  Any comments?
> 

The above has been a solicited commentary about the alleged
Windows-OS/2 war in Germany, from an American perspective.
I'm not trying to relive any other wars, and some of my best friends
are German.  But I don't base my purchasing decisions on the
opinion of any uninformed person, German or otherwise.  Most
OS/2 users share this view.  Have a good life, and learn not to
believe the hype!
--
Has anyone seen my sanity?				Juan@Noyles.pha.pa.us
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy