From: becap@cs.mcgill.ca (Brian CAPSON)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Why I'm sticking with Windows
Date: 15 Apr 92 00:37:40 GMT
Organization: SOCS, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

In article <1992Apr14.191046.21278@news.iastate.edu> arakins@iastate.edu  
(Andrew R Akins) writes:
> 
>   OK. I've decided to stick with Windows, rather than switch to OS/2.
> These are my reasons:
> 
>   1. I have Windows. I don't have OS/2. Simple. I am a college student as
> well as my own programming house, I simply don't have the capital to be
> purchasing software left and right. Yes, OS/2 is only $50.00 with the
> special upgrade, but $50 dollars is a decent chuck of money in my books.
> 
>   2. Hardware Requirements. I have the following machine:
> 
>      Haupauge Renegade 386-16 with 387
>      110mb EDSI Drive
>      5 MB Memory
>      Paradise SVGA driving a NEC Multisync 2a
>      
> 
> Now yes, OS/2 will fit quite comfortably on the above machine. But I also
> have to have:
> 
>      Borland C++ with Application Frameworks (completely installed)
>      Various Word Processing, Database, and Spreadsheet programs
>      Accounting Software
>      Communications Software
>      BBS Software
>      My source code, programs, libraries, debugging tools, etc...
> 
> Right now, with Windows 3.1 installed, I have 11.2 megs free.
> 
> 
>   3. Windows Works. I sympathize with everyone who has been having problems
> with Windows 3.1, but I have had nothing but smooth sailing with my copy. It
> installed perfectly, and I havent had a single error. Yes, I currently can't
> use my Turbo C++ for Windows, but Borland has promised me a patch to fix my
> copy later, and all of my other programs run perfectly.
> 
>   4. I don't NEED to maultitask. Task switching is enough for me. My machine
> is fast enough to get done formatting and disk accesses done before I get
> bored.
> 
>   5. All I really want to run or write is Windows stuff. Yes, OS/2 runs 
> windows. Maybe it even runs it better. Maybe it runs it safer. But, look
> at it this way: My Sony CD player plays CDs. It plays them well. Sure,
> Maybe NAD CD players are better...but that doesn't lessen the value of
> my Sony. The same hold true with Windows. My stuff runs fast enough, and
> things don't crash (at least they don't to me). So why switch?
> 
>   6. Windows NT is coming. 'nuff said.
> 
>   7. The Market is windows oriented. Yes, OS/2 can run windows stuff. But
> the market (the people) are still going to think "Windows" and buy 
> MS-Windows and windows programs. So that is what I am going to write, and
> I am going to write it in Windows.
> 
>   8. Loyalty. This is the only non-logical reason for sticking with Windows.
> It's a good program, and I have grown to love it. Microsoft has been good
> to me, always answering my questions and getting me upgrades nice and
> quick (I've been a Windows user since the beginning, before 3.0). I'm that
> way with Borland too...even if Microsoft C++ is the BEST system every, I'm
> going to stay with Borland because I like it, it does what I want, and
> Borland has treated me well. So I feel they deserve my continued support.
> 
>   Well, that's it. However, I would recommend all of you Windows users out
> there to take a look at OS/2 -- it is impressive. I had the opportunity to
> use it yesterday, and it seemed to be able to do everything that the
> supprters of OS/2 say it can do.
> 
>   So keep an open mind, and give it a chance. I did. I simply decided that
> in the end, my intrests were with MS-Win.
> 
>   Please no flames, just comments.....
> 
> -- Andy Akins
>    Iowa State University
>    arakins@iastate.edu

I couldn't have said it better myself. These are exactly the reasons that I am
staying with Windows. It simply works flawlessly on my machine.
"It's like you read my mind man..."

- Brian
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