From: MLONG@isucard.card.iastate.edu
Subject: Re: What's going on with OS/2 v.2.0 at COMDEX?
Organization: CARD
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 22:57:32 GMT

In article <53712@hydra.gatech.EDU>                                                                                                                   
gt8080a@prism.gatech.EDU (Henry 'Hank' Harlan Roark III) writes:                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                      
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>Could someone that is lucky enough to be attending COMDEX, tell rest of us                                                                           
>what's going on with OS/2 v.2.0.                                                                                                                     
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>I really hate reading about COMDEX three plus months after it happens in                                                                             
>magazines.                                                                                                                                           
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>Thanx.                                                                                                                                               
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>Henry "Hank" Harlan Roark III | UNIX--An OS for those that don't have to pay.                                                                        
>Georgia Tech                  | OS/2--An OS for those that do have to pay.                                                                           
>gt8080a@prism.gatech.edu      | DOS --An OS for those that don't care.                                                                               
>My views only, not GT's       | Windows--An OS, NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!                                                                            
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I saw a piece about COMDEX last night on the National Business Review on the                                                                          
Iowa Public Broadcasting.  The article was pretty good, and mostly about OS/2.                                                                        
They had Billy Gates on there with a quote like - OS/2 takes up too much system                                                                       
resources, and there is more 286 code than there should be in it. - (like DOS                                                                         
and Windows don't have 8088 code in them :->).  They gave the Blue Ninja the                                                                          
last word, and he talked about stats show only 60% of MS Windows licenses are                                                                         
installed on computers.                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                      
They showed the IBM folks wearing sweaters as they showed interested people                                                                           
OS/2.                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                      
Maybe they will have another piece tonight?  You could have caught the                                                                                
IBM show on FTN from 1:15 to 3:00 today live from COMDEX.  We will be watching                                                                        
it on the 15 when our Des Moines IBM office has a get together to roll out                                                                            
OS/2, and the new PS/2 models.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                      
Mike Long                                                                                                                                             
Iowa State University