Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Why I hate [insert here] (this newsgroup)
From: dmmatt@bigez (Mike Mattix)
Date: 13 Apr 92 08:16:22 GMT
 <1992Apr10.210418.26317@muddcs.claremont.edu> <1992Apr11.191032.12661@cs.mcgill.ca> <1992Apr12.054405.25265@unixg.ubc.ca>
Organization: Monsanto Agricultural Company
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In article <1992Apr12.054405.25265@unixg.ubc.ca>, twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong) writes:
> In article <1992Apr11.191032.12661@cs.mcgill.ca> storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:
>>In article <1992Apr10.210418.26317@muddcs.claremont.edu> jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu (John H. Kim) writes:
>>>Correction of more OS/2 misinformation, etc., etc.:
>>>
>>>If you want to fully utilize your 386 or 486 *NOW*, not in a year or so,
>>>If you waste time waiting for your apps to spell check, search, repaginate,
>>>   or anything else that could be multi-threaded,
>>>If you don't mind learning a very intuitive shell that many people are
>>>   claiming is *better* than the Mac (I agree btw),
>>
>>>And if you don't mind an occasional crash forcing a reboot (that is,
>>>   more occasional than under OS/2 2.0),
>>
>>	Can we please stop this patronizing bullshit please...?  A hell of a 
>>lot of people here are starting to sound like MacIntosh users...
>>
>>	Both OSs have their strong points, both have a lot of problems.
>>
>>	Please don't make this another comp.sys.amiga.advocacy where they
>>sling bullshit and competely unfounded facts around like the french did to
>>midgets until they passed laws banning it (which pissed a lot of midgets making
>>big cash off...)
>>
>>	Nobody minds a good debate/argument, but this is just stupid.
>>
> But Marc. He did give his reasons. In fact, if you have been reading
> this group, there has been plenty of reasons why OS/2 is techincally
> better than Windows. And because OS/2 is a true OS so that all the
> process run independently, OS/2 can dump just that process if it crash
> than what Windows can. So please stop swearing. And why don't you
> practice what you preach by giving us some "facts". You can even get
> down to the low levels of how OS/2 works, and how Windows has to work
> around DOS if you want to. Thank you.

God I hate doing this.  I have been trying to not fuel the flames but,  this
is not (I repeat NOT) an OS/2 news group.  Most of the people who used to read
this newsgroup are using Windows not OS/2.  I for one have an extremely good
reason for it, it supports my network (DECs Pathworks) and OS/2 V2.0 does not.
I am sure many of the other good readers have their own reasons.  If the purpose
of this newsgroup is for the OS/2 and Windows proponents to beat up each other
let me know.  I will drop this newsgroup.  I get just (and just barely) enough
INFORMATION out of this newsgroup to keep reading it.  Others in my organization
have JUST SAID NO and dropped it.  I agree with Marc, this newsgroup is to 
exchange information on the problems and solutions regarding Microsoft Windows 
3.x.  All this MAC vs WIN, Amiga vs WIN, Unix vs WIN, and OS/2 vs WIN stuff 
is just getting in the way.  If it continues I will just have to say goodbye.
My time to valuable for all this.


Mike Mattix
Monsanto Ag Company
Luling, LA
dmmatt@bigez.monsanto.com