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From: afn03257 AT freenet2 DOT afn DOT org (Daniel P Hudson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: OpenDOS
Date: 30 Jan 1997 04:29:07 GMT
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Tudor <tudor AT cam DOT org> wrote:
>Dan wrote:
>> I don't mind legitimate complaints, but throwing a temper tantrum
>>oven  nothing urks me.

>It is a known fact that M$ put code in their windoze applications to
>crash OS/2 .This was in the early developing days, when IBM was trying
>to make their own OS but they were missing native applications so they
>were emulating windows applications.

 Your smoking the wrong end of the cigarette there man.
 Gates worked on OS/2 with IBM and then pulled out for windows.
 OS/2 was highly unstable, it didn't need any special code to make it
 crash. v2.x was much better and with proper hardware it never crashed
 running 3.x apps because they were windows, it did crash because of 
 system violations, etc., note Win 3.x does that also, and quite often
 I might add. The only OS I have not run under a PC is CP/M and I've
 never seen a crash that was done purposefully to prevent the use of
 another product. NEVER! The whole idea is ludicrous. MS makes money if
 you buy Word to run under win 3.x or OS/2's emmulator. Gates isn't one
 to turn down money.  I think you've been listening to the ANTI-MS KOOKS
 too long. They tried to convinve me the other day that WIN 95' trashes
 Linux partitions if found because one kook trashed the partition once.
 I got news for ya, Linux trashed my Dos partition 3 times, so would
 that mean GNU is implementing secret espionage like code in Linux?
 Get a grip! Every little screw-up that happens is not an MS plot to 
 take over the world. Bugs happen, and while its easy to blame MS for 
 them, the truth is IBM's first release of OS/2 was pure shit and not
 worth it weight in dirt. V2 is when OS/2 became a real OS with
 potential, and then IBM screwed up by not advertising. Then v3,
 and a little advertising, still no take off, its too late now,
 the next OS/2 will support WIN 95 and MS will stop supporting WIN 95  
 and start pushing WIN NT, watch it. However, rumor has it, I know some 
 employees at IBM in Boca [just a 4 hour drive from me] that IBM may
 already be able to predict MS's next move and beat em' to the punch.
 We shall see. ;-)

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