It's 16 Jan 97  06:26:32,
We'll return to Jack Pfisterer and Tony Langdon's
discussion of CASE AGAINST WINDOWS
 JP> I was referring to CD-ROM's, not CD-ROM drives.  Look at what's
 JP> available to run in your drive F: and the odds are that it will require
 JP> some form of Windows to run.  So, unless you use your drive for nothing
 JP> more than OS/2 programs, you will have to keep Windows/WinOS2 on your
 JP> system to run any CD-ROM's you buy; and will have to forgo buying an
 JP> increasing number of titles that will be in such proprietary formats as
 JP> Windows95.
 JP> Guess I am the only one that that worries.
Well, of the collection here ATM, it's a real mixed bag.  OS/2 install
CD, Bonus Pak, Another OS/2 freeware / shareware CD.  There's also some
Win NT stuff, Win 95 stuff and a heap of Linux Cds.  Another good CD
came with a computer magazine, and it has shareware for all of the
above, as well as fixes and upgrades for all the OS's above, as well as
MacOS. :-)
And the Windows stuff, a lot of it will run under Win-OS/2. (though less
and less these days :( ).
So far, I'm not worried about the CD situation, and OS/2 fares well
here.  Besides, it's the only 100% operational CD drive here, so it's
often network mounted to Win 95 or NT boxes (where all that Windoze
stuff can be used). :-)
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