FS> Also, setting up the Win-OS/2 TCP/IP and internet stuff I feel is
  > much more difficult than setting up the native OS/2 TCP/IP networking.
 I found some text files on it, and it turned out to be fairly
 straightforward.  Got it in, and have run WS_FTP as a test, and
 it seems to work fine.  Actually, tracking down Netscape:OS/2
 2.02 took longer.  I don't have the list of places to look for
 basics.  Simple file management things und so weiter.   I keep
 opening DOS windows to use Directory Freedom or List to do stuff.
FS> thought you might prefer the added performance of true 32-bit
  > native OS/2 stuff that comes with the operating system for free.
 I don't actually notice any speed differences between OS/2 stuff,
 DOS stuff, Win3 stuff.  There might be stability stuff (tho in
 Web Explorer, I've several times had a box pop up and give me a
 message that I'd call a GPF under Win3), but to my casual eye,
 core differences aren't there, only familiarity issues.
FS> I've just seen so many folks give up on OS/2 because
  > it didn't run their Windows stuff the way they liked.
 I don't actually *like* Windows.  I consider it useful for
 precisely one are: the net.  I have a browser (MSIE), a
 newsgroups/email thing (CMIE), an FTP prog (SuperFTP), and
 Free Agent (which I use to skim newsgroups sometimes; if I
 choose to read them regularly, they go into my CMIE setup).
 All my *real* programs, things I use constantly, are DOS.
 Speed Read for QWKs (and BW via a convertor; and newsgroups/email
 via CMIE), TSE as editor, Directory Freedom, List, and many
 more.  I prefer text mode to graphics, really.  I've actually
 seen an OS/2 program called TextView, that's supposed to be like
 DESQview, which I've used and liked.  Might try it, one of these
 months.
... I can promise to be frank, I cannot promise to be impartial.
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