(I am reposting this message because there is some
        indication it never went out due to Fidonet changes
        at the end of the year.)
 -=> Quoting Bill Reyna to Todd Copeland <=-
 BR> ... OS/2 does a good job but it
 BR> isn't that openly accepted by the shareware support world. I see little
 BR> shareware compared to Win95 and basically that says alot of what any OS
 BR> is being accepted. I'm not happy with Win95 myself but like I
 BR> mentioned( I think I did), see it becoming the std. OS of many future
 BR> users regardless of "why". I go to some computer shows around here I
 BR> don't see hardly any OS/2 related s/w as well very little NT.
        Shareware is a very small part of the software market.  The big
commercial software, created specifically as a business, is the
significant driving force.
        Commercial software companies develop what they feel will
sell.  If there is not a big enough installed base of OS/2, or any
other operating system, they will not write software for it, or
port their software to that system.  And if there is not enough
commercial software available, not enough people will buy OS/2.
        Some companies will subsidize software developers to provide
versions for their operating systems, but it's a difficult battle
and tends to be circular in favoring the existing systems even if
they are inferior.
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