Newsgroups: bit.listserv.hellas
Date:         Sat, 11 Apr 1992 15:59:21 EDT
Reply-To:     L Irakliotis <IRAKLIOT@MIAMIU.BITNET>
From:         L Irakliotis <IRAKLIOT@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Windows 3.0 ---> 3.1
Comments: To: Spiros Liolis <SLIOLIS@UTCVM.BITNET>

On Sat, 11 Apr 1992 14:21:14 EDT Spiros Liolis said:
>
>Egw lew na parete to WIN 3.0 kai na to steilete pisw mazi me to license
>kai na parete to OS/2 gia $40.00!!! As mhn poume gia to poio einai kalutero...

Toys  teleytaioys  4-5  mhnes,  edw sto  Computational  Physics  Group,
kanoyme beta-testing ta  Win 3.1 kai to OS/2 2.0.  Einai dyskolo na pei
kaneis poio  apo ta dyo  programmata einai kalytero. Sthn  paroysa fash
ua ebaza mprosta to Win3.1 an kai pisteyw pws se ligo kairo to OS/2 2.0
ua perasei prwto.

O logos  einai pws h IBM  den exei oyte  to 1/10 toy marketing  kai ths
yposthrijhs poy exei  h Microsoft. Epipleon, an kai  ta dyo programmata
bghkan sthn agora me diafora 20  wrwn, ta Win3.1 poylane hdh san trella
se antiuesh  me to OS/2 gia  to opoio o  polys kosmos den exei  idea an
einai diauesimo 'h oxi.

Oi perissoteres etaireies poy ftiaxnoyn kai poylane PC's opws h DELL, h
Gateway2000, h Zeos k.a., exoyn apeyueias symfwnies me th Microsoft gia
na fortwnoyn tis  mhxanes toys me ta  Win3.0 kai twra me  ta Win3.1. Se
antallagma plhrwnoyn ena  mikro antitimo sth Microsoft.  H Zeos, nomizw
plhrwnei $7.87 gia kaue PC poy poylaei.

H ponhria kai  h epixeirhmatikh dioratikothta ths  Microsoft fanhke sto
gegonos  pws  me  bash  tis   symfwnies  poy  exei  ypogracei  me  toys
kataskeyastes PC,  den mporoyn oi  teleytaioi na kanoyn to  idio pragma
kai me  alla systhmata.  Etsi gia  na poylhsoyn mia  mhxanh me  Win kai
OS/2  ua prepei  na  agorasoyn to  OS/2 se  retailer's  price kai  kata
synepeia n'ayjhsoyn  thn timh toy systhmatos  pragma toylaxiston hliuio
se mia agora PC's opoy oi times peftoyn kata $1.5 th mera.

Apo thn allh h IBM den ua jekinhsei th diafhmish toy OS/2 para mono sta
telh toy mhna aytoy, otan ua  einai bebaih pws to pro.i.on ua brisketai
se  eparkeia  pantoy.  Enas  mhnas  loipon  ua  paei  pros  ofelos  ths
Microsoft kai toy Win3.1.

Gia  to OS/2  ayto kauayto  twra. H  telikh ekdosh  den einai  kai toso
kauarh.  Exei  polla  kai  anohta  bugs.  'Hdh  ta  prwta  reviews  toy
pro.i.ontos  sto PC  Week kai  sto PC  Corporate einai  sxetika xliara.

To kyriotero pleonekthma toy OS/2 enanti twn WIN ypotiuetai pws ua htan
af'enos  h  kalyterh   antimetwpish  twn  syxnwn-pyknwn  "unrecoverable
application errors"  kai h taxyterh ektelesh  pollwn programmatwn. Ayto
omws poy  ua prepei  na lhfuei  ypoch einai pws  af'enos ta  WIN3.1 den
paroysiazoyn  pia  UAE's  (kata  periergo  tropo  oi  treis  teleytaies
beta-version poy eixa sth diplanh mhxanh, htan ejairetika staueres) kai
af'eteroy h taxythta toys einai sygkrisimh me to OS/2 2.0.

Alla gegonota  poy ua prepei na  labei kaneis ypoch toy  einai ta ejhs.
Yparxei  enas terastios  plhuysmos PC  poy  trexoyn WIN3.0  kai poy  ua
kanoyn upgrade  se WIN3.1 prokeimenoy  na mh xasoyn th  symbatothta sto
User Interface.  (To OS/2  mono kata dianoia  akoloyuei to  CUA =common
user access). Oi mones mhxanes gia  to epomeno 3mhno poy ua poylioyntai
me  OS/2 egkatesthmeno  ua  einai  ta PS/2  ths  IBM.  To OS/2  apaitei
peripoy 30MB sto  disko dioti erxetai me on-line manuals  enw ta WIN3.1
pianoyn peripoy to miso ap'ayto.

S'o,ti  afora sthn  kauara texnikh  sxediash twn  dyo programmatwn.  To
OS/2 einai  safws kalytero apo ta  WIN3.1. Omws h agora  twn xrhstwn PC
den apoteleitai apo  atoma me diauesh peiramatismoy.  Prokeitai gia ton
xwro toy Corporate  Business kai oi anurwpoi ueloyn  na ejasfalizoyn th
beltisth paragwgikothta. H  IBM mexri shmera den  exei didaxtei tipota.
An  efodiaze  to OS/2  me  ena  Windows-like  interface safws  ua  eixe
perissoteres eykairies.  Apodeijh, oi fantastikes pwlhseis  toy Quattro
Pro apo thn  Borland h opoia efodiase to  rizospastiko ayto spreadsheet
me ena Lotus 1-2-3 interface wste na proselkysei enan terastio plhuysmo
xrhstwn toy klasikoy aytoy spreadsheet.

En  pasei periptwsh,  kerdismenos  sthn periptwsh  ayth  einai einai  o
xrhsths twn PC kauws exei sth  diauesh toy dyo ejoxa se genikes grammes
leitoyrgika systhmata  gia epejergastes 32-bit. Sigoyra  oi xrhstes twn
Macs kauhlwmenoi sto bareto monopwlio  ths Apple ua aisuanuoyn ta prwta
kentrismata ths zhleias.

Leonidas
Miami OH Physics
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