From: ADUNSMUI@TOROLAB6.VNET.IBM.COM (Al Dunsmuir)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 11:59:15 EDT
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: The Future of OS/2
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In <26JUL199218573755@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> Srikanth Viswanathan writes:
>In article <LJ6DoB1w164w@netlink.cts.com>, trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall) writes...
>>I have been seriously considering buying OS/2 v2.0 for about 2 weeks now.
>>However, I heard from a friend up in San Francisco that Microsoft will no
>>longer be licensing the code required for OS/2 to run Windows programs.  In
>>effect, Microsoft is cutting their losses and trying to run IBM's operating
>>system into the ground.  I would like to know if there is any truth to this,
>>'cause if there is, then I don't think I'd bother with OS/2, in spite of how
>>wonderful it sounds.  Any comments?
>>
>
>I believe this is well into the future,  IBM doesn't intend on having Windows
>compatibility for ever,  I think it's going to end in September of 1993.  That
>more than a year away.   Even if you have tons of Windows programs, why not
>try OS/2 and judge for yourself?  What have you got to lose?  You can always
>return it if you don't like it?  Besides, do you think that NT is going to
>run Enhanced mode Windows code?  Not according to Mark Ryland of MS.
>
>Srikanth
>
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In <26JUL199218573755@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu> Srikanth Viswanathan writes:
>In article <LJ6DoB1w164w@netlink.cts.com>, trekkie@netlink.cts.com (Bryce Newall) writes...
>>I have been seriously considering buying OS/2 v2.0 for about 2 weeks now.
>>However, I heard from a friend up in San Francisco that Microsoft will no
>>longer be licensing the code required for OS/2 to run Windows programs.  In
>>effect, Microsoft is cutting their losses and trying to run IBM's operating
>>system into the ground.  I would like to know if there is any truth to this,
>>'cause if there is, then I don't think I'd bother with OS/2, in spite of how
>>wonderful it sounds.  Any comments?
>>
>
>I believe this is well into the future,  IBM doesn't intend on having Windows
>compatibility for ever,  I think it's going to end in September of 1993.  That
>more than a year away.   Even if you have tons of Windows programs, why not
>try OS/2 and judge for yourself?  What have you got to lose?  You can always
>return it if you don't like it?  Besides, do you think that NT is going to
>run Enhanced mode Windows code?  Not according to Mark Ryland of MS.
>
>Srikanth
>

 Srikanth,
    I forwarded your note to someone who could give an authorative answer,
  and his reply follows my signature.

Al Dunsmuir                       Internet: adunsmui@torolab6.vnet.ibm.com
CODE Development II + TEAM OS/2      Voice: (416) 448-3315
IBM Canada Laboratory Ltd, Toronto, CANADA

OS/2 V2: Why settle for anything less?
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 To: ADUNSMUI--TOROLAB6 Al Dunsmuir

 From:  John A. Soyring      Director, Personal Systems
                             Software Development Programs
                             T/L 678-2400
 Subject: Re: The Future of OS/2

 Al, please post the following reply to Srikanth Viswanathan:

 Srikanth Viswanathan,

 IBM has the intellectual property rights,
 the skills and the resources to provide compatibility with
 the popular industry API's in the future, including Windows 3.1 and beyond.
 However, today we see almost all the innovation going into 32-bit API's. The
 16-bit Windows API seems to be stabilized (that is, very few changes seem
 to be coming in the future -- opinion based on industry reports.)

 We are promoting use of the 32-bit API's. OS/2's 32-bit API's are
 commercially available today, and we are promoting use of these API's
 aggressively.

 John Soyring
 Director, IBM Software Development Programs
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Al Dunsmuir                       Internet: adunsmui@torolab6.vnet.ibm.com
CODE Development II + TEAM OS/2      Voice: (416) 448-3315
IBM Canada Laboratory Ltd, Toronto, CANADA

OS/2 V2: Why settle for anything less?
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