From: cjmarsha@slate.mines.colorado.edu (Charles Marshall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Help!  OS/2 in Denver
Date: 10 Apr 92 19:40:13 GMT
Organization: Colorado School of Mines

Okay, I've looked high and low.  Talked to a couple computer stores, 
another dozen IBM reps.  Where can I get a copy of OS/2 in Denver?  I
really don't want to wait 4-6 weeks for my copy.  I have people to
the left and right of me BASHING OS/2 and buying WIN 3.1.  I need a copy
to show everybody what a marvel OS/2 is.  

Plus, magazine reports are coming out and not exactly praising OS/2.  
Here's what PC Magazine had to say:

Five reasons to buy OS/2:
1)  You already developed internal OS/2 applications and do not want to
move them to Windows.  You bought IBM and Microsoft's hype the first time
around, and now you are stuck.
2) You need to develop a high-end application that requires 32-bit
processing and a real multitasking, multithreaded environment.  This is
where OS/2 really shines.  OS/2 provides these features today, while
Microsoft is only promising them for Windows NT.
3) You need an application that requires multiple communication sessions.
OS/2' multitasking, multithreaded features really make this work.  DOS and
Windows applications can try, but they just do not have the necessary
protection.
4) You are an IBM-only shop.  In this case, you don't need any other
reason.
5) You are ready to meet the future today.  Someday soon, we will all have
32-bit true multitasking operating systems, but OS/2 is here now.  Just
remember that the pioneers are the ones with the arrows in their backs.

Five reasons NOT to buy OS/2:
1) There are few applications.  Sure, you can run DOS applications under
OS/2.  You can do this on a Macintosh, too, wither proper software.  You
can also run Windows applicatons under OS/2, though not as smoothly as you
can under Windows.  But the reason to choose an operating system is access
to unique applications.  Many software companies are porting one or two
applications to OS/2, but they are all still concentrating on Windows.
2) Unix already offers a 32-bit multitasking operating system. Unix has
been available for a lot longer than OS/2 and you may already be using it.
Also, Unix supports a graphical environment, at least in the form of The
Santa Cruz Operation's Open Desktop.  But do not even think about running
Windows applications.
3) You can run only some Windows applciations.  Yes, you can run most
windows applications within OS/2.  But the process is far from simple, and
applications still do not work as well under OS/2 as under Windows.
4) The installation process is ridiculous.  A full installation of OS/2
takes up 30MB and nearly an hour of your time (if you get it right the
first time) - and this is without installing any real applications.
5) You inherit the problems of three operating systems.  You will spend a
lot of time in OS/2 trying desperately to remember which application is
running in which environment, and you will experience the problems of all
three environments.

Yeah, hmmm.  Sounds like a Windows person wrote that, now doesn't it?  How
about some REAL reasons for not installing OS/2!!!

Charles
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