It's 07 Jan 97  07:34:26,
We'll return to Jack Pfisterer and John Augustine's
discussion of CASE AGAINST WINDOWS
 JA>  ... but people are "Forced" to use Windows because the Programs
 >they want to use, UNFORTUNATELY, are Only Windows Based.
 JP> To me, a growing and potentially greater problem is that nearly all
 JP> new CD-ROM's require Windows to run.  For the moment at least, most
 JP> allow use of Windows 3.1; but I fear that concession will pass rather
 JP> quickly. This means that even if you have satisfactory OS/2 software
 JP> for all your regular applications, you will still have to have some
 JP> form of Windows to make use CD-ROM resources.
 JP> Am I the only one that this worries?
Hmm, I'm not sure what this drama about CD-ROMs is.  When I installed
mine, I ouldn't get it working under DOS/Windoze, with the supplied
drivers.  Anyway, I decided to put it in the "too hard" basket, booted
OS/2 and set about doing the usual things.  Anyway, to cut a long story
short, there was the new CD-ROM proudly staking its claim on the F:
drive!  It didn't work, but that was only because I had previously
commented out the CDFS driver in config.sys. :-)
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