Newsgroups: bit.listserv.hellas
Date:         Sat, 11 Apr 1992 20:11:24 EDT
Reply-To:     L Irakliotis <IRAKLIOT@MIAMIU.BITNET>
From:         L Irakliotis <IRAKLIOT@MIAMIU.BITNET>
Subject:      Re: Windows 3.0 ---> 3.1

On Sat, 11 Apr 1992 19:07:42 EDT S Kotsonis said:
>> bghkan sthn agora me diafora 20  wrwn, ta Win3.1 poylane hdh san trella
>
>H OS/2 2.0 bghke sths 31 Martiou evw to Windows 3.1 bghke sths 6
>Apriliou.

To  Press Release  ths Microsoft  exei hmeromhnia  4/1/92. An  to prwto
WIN3.1 bghke  sthn agora 6  meres meta to OS/2  kai exei kanei  hdh tis
trelles pwlhseis, toso to xeirotero gia to OS/2 kai thn IBM.

>  H pi0avothtes va prepei va kaveis turn-off tov kompiouter sou epeidh
>exei kolosei to mhxavhma eivai megaluteres sto Win3.1.  Auto eivai
>epeidh h OS/2 exei pre-emptive multitasking evw to Win3.1 (ka0oti dev
>eivai operating system) perimevei ta programmata va tou dosouv elegxo
>tou susthmatos.

Sthrizomenos  sta paketa  poy  exw gia  betatesting  stis mhxanes  moy,
perissoteres fores ekana  reset sto OS/2 ap'oti sto  Win3.1. Ontws opws
les to  Win31 den  einai leitoyrgiko  systhma, alla  oysiastika grafiko
kelyfos toy  DOS. Etsi,  prosarmozetai eykolotera sta  diaforetika BIOS
ap'oti to  OS/2. Fysika me  to Win NT  h Microsoft ua  antimetwpisei ta
idia problhmata sto BIOS.

Twra, dikaiologhmena ua rwthsei kaneis gia na mauei, ti trexw panw stis
mhxanes  poy  ekana  to  betatesting. Loipon,  trexw  to  Quattro  4.0,
WordPerfect  5.1,  WordPerfect for  Windows,  ena  TCP/IP paketo,  TeX,
Mathematica kai Ventura.


>To pleovekthma ths OS/2 eivai pre-emptive multitasking kai Object
>Oriented User Interface (WorkPlace Shell).  H taxyterh ektelesh eivai
>logo tou multitasking.

Apo  synenteyjh typoy  toy filoy  mas toy  Canavino, soy  uymizw pws  o
anurwpos eixe pei  pws to os/2 ua einai stauerotero  apo ta Win30 s'oti
afora stis  UAE. Ontws  einai. Alla to  Win31 einai  akoma stauerotero.

Blepeis egw sthrizome sta "facts" ths  IBM poy prospauhse me to OS/2 na
xtyphsei ta  Win, enw me mia  diaforetikh proseggish ua mporoyse  na to
paroysiasei  ws ena  leitoyrgiko  systhma poy  den  xreiazetai to  DOS.

Twra bebaia,  poios trellos xrhsths PC  ua petajei to DOS  einai mallon
allh istoria...

>Na sou upev0imhsw oti otav protobghke to Win 3.0 kavevas dev mhlhse
>gia UAE.  Oso gia thv taxuthta, h OS/2 2.0 eivai 32-bit evw to Win3.1

Kai gw na soy uymisw pws apo tis beta version toy Win30 oi perissoteroi
editors toy PC magazine geloysane me ta UAE :-)

>16-bit. Auti th stigmh dev uparxouv akomh 32-bit programmata gia thv
>OS/2 alla mexri tov augousto 0a uparxouv 32-bit programmata (Lotus
>1-2-3, Wordperfect 6.0 (new version), kai alla megala software
>houses).  Ta 32-bit programmata 0eleis de 0eleis trexouve pio grhgora
>apo 16-bit.

Xezoyn oi arkoydes sto dasos; Fysika kai ta 32bit paketa trexoyn
pio grhgora apo ta 16bit.

>To CUA to e0ese h IBM, thv OS/2 thv egrapse h IBM kai 0elhse va ferei
>to Workplace shell oso pio kovta sto CUA mporouse.  Oute to Windows
>oute h OS/2 eivai 100% CUA alla h OS/2 eivai polu pio kovta apoti to
>Win3.1.  Ektos to oti to Win3.1 lambavei upopsi ta guidelines to CUA
>movo gia to User Interface kai kai oxi gia alla stoixeia tou CUA.

Kai epeidh to  CUA to egrace h  IBM shmainei pws to OS/2  einai pio CUA
apo kati  allo; Ti logikh  einai ayth. Exw dei  perissoterh symbatothta
me to CUA s'enan VM mailer poy  exoyme edw, ap'oti sto OS/2. Kai gia na
janagyrisw sto uema moy: ap'oso exw  dei mexri twra kai sta dyo paketa,
to Win31 einai perissotero CUA apo to OS/2.

>Alla 0a eitave katwterh apo oti eivai twra.  Poia eivai h logikh sto
>va baleis se amaksi orgava mekapses otav exeis orgava Jaeger.

H logikh  einai aplh.  Exeis merika ekatomyria  xrhstes poy  den ueloyn
n'afhsoyn thn anesh twn Win  dioti exoyn synhuhsei sto periballon ayto.
An toys  ues gia  pelates soy  kalytera na pas  esy s'aytoys.  Kai opws
janapa, ua  mporoyse to  OS/2 na  exei ena  OS/2-like kai  ena Win-like
interface opws akribws to Q-Pro exei ena 1-2-3-like ki ena Borland-like
interface, ki etsi exei kerdisei  kai synexizei na kerdizei xrhstes toy
Lotus.

>To Windows 3.1 dev eivai 32-bit. Katalabe to se parakalw.  Oso gia to
>megalo existing market tou Windows :

Mea  Culpa. Den  huela  na  dwsw lanuasmenh  entypwsh.  To Win31  einai
16bit kai ayto einai profanes dioti  pataei panw sto DOS. Apo kekthmenh
taxythta toy edwsa merika bits parapanw :-)

>      2:  To '80 h CPM eixe to megalutero market evw uphrxe h DOS

Nai, me th monh  diafora pws to 80 yphrxan 2 PC  gia kaue 100 anurwpoys
enw  shmera to  klasma  mallon anastrefetai  :-)  Yparxei mia  istorikh
diafora poy an  opws les de s'aresoyn oi reviewers  dixws facts kalo ua
einai na thn labeis ypoch.

>Priv tre3etai va kavete upgrade to Windows 3.0 sto 3.1 gia 40$
>koitaxte kai thv OS/2 2.0 pou me 50$ kavete upgrade apo Windows3.0.

Den ua  symboyleya se  kanenan na  parei to OS/2  2.0 twra.  'Hdh exoyn
programmatistei 2 interim releases gia  telh Aprilioy kai arxes Ma.i.oy
kai  exoyn bgei  kai 2-3  patches.  Pisteyw pws  to OS/2  2.0 ua  einai
stauero mexri ta  telh Ioylioy, arxes Aygoystoy kai pws  h timh toy apo
Retailer ua einai konta sta $40-60 dolaria.

Epishs, mia  allh parathrhsh: sta ellhnika,  xrhsimopoioyme opws jereis
ton oro "leitoyrgiko  systhma", to genos oydetero, opote  einai TO OS/2
kai oxi H OS/2. Ej'alloy an exeis  labei ypoch soy kai th diafhmhsh ths
IBM se videotainies, to OS/2  emfanizetai ws moystakalhs ageladarhs :-)

Leonidas
Miami OH Physics
Xrhsths TeX kai allwn narkwtikwn oysiwn
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