From: martin@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk (Martin Spenceley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: OS/2 because! (was NT: Why?)
Date: 5 Oct 92 19:01:26 GMT
Reply-To: martin@Chemeng.Ed.Ac.Uk
Organization: Edinburgh University Chemical Engineering Department.
Originator: martin@wick

In article 171537ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET, ASI509@DJUKFA11.BITNET () writes:
>In article <1992Oct4.114442.12346@netcom.com>, timbol@netcom.com (Mike Timbol)
>>Actually, I believe that Brian is right about this.  3.1 support (non-beta)
>>will be in OS/2 sometime in December.  Since Windows 3.1 was released
>>April 6th, the code was done in March (and I assume IBM had it in March).
>
>Why does everybody think that a feature OS/2 has in beta doesn`t count while
>always talking about NT which isn`t in beta at all?
>
>If you tell me OS/2 has`t Win3.1 support I tell you your beloved NT simply
>doesn`t exist. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NOTHING.
>
Well said.

And another thing (if this has been brought up before appologies,  I am an casual reader of this group, as being a UNIX user I would not use OS/2 if you paid me ;-) 

I was reading in Byte that Windows NT will require 12 Mb minimum, 16 Mb to run usefully. Although both NT and OS/2 have many of the same supporting features, I am not sure why people are trying to compare them. For the average user a OS/2 vs Win32 comparison would be more meaningful. 

NT should really be compared with UNIX, then the ability to run Windows 3.1 applications becomes less meaningful. Especially when I require a distributable windowing/multi-user system which NT does not provide. This should go somewhere else I know!

Quite frankly I think NT is overly bloated OS for the single user system, and a poor last when compared to my SUN SOLARIS system. :-) If you want the features NT is supposed to provide now then the computer user should be looking towards SOLARIS, SVR4.2, and (soon) NextStep 486. I find it totally laughable that MS have the nerve to come up with a system that still is not better than UNIX, still will not as ergonoic as NextStep or a Mac, and still is not out! Bill Gates must be laughing all the way to the b







ank!

NT is getting a lot of hype. For the average PC user NT must be the greatest thing since MS-DOS (;-)). For the PC user today I too would recommend OS/2 except for one thing; Where does it stand when the IBM/Apple thing comes out?

If OS/2 applications will be supported in the POWER OS, will the POWER OS provide Mac GUI and OS/2 GUI options for the average user? Is OS/2 just an interim thing until IBM gets its act together? Will IBM ever get its act together?

I would hope in the end IBM/Apple and UNIX win the OS battles though I think the MS rubbish will have a too great a momentum by then. ;-( Looks like we're in for more dominance by a company who provides features for their users after everyone else have been using them for years. GUI's, Multi-tasking, Distributable, Networkable etc......


Just my 2p worth and mine alone.:-)

Martin.



 
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