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from: Franklin
date: 2004-01-30 02:12:12
subject: Re: OT : New style hardware coming in 2004

--- Tom Lee Mullins  wrote:
> --- In os2hardware{at}yahoogroups.com, Franklin  wrote:
> > 
> > --- enorbet  wrote:
> >  
> > >  For me, the big question
> > > will 
> > > be can I continue to use OS/2 or must 
> > > I switch to ECS ( or the other
> > > one we almost never hear about, thus 
> > > my lapse in memory ).  In any case,
> > > I'm betting at least one of them will 
> > > be running on the new generation desktops.
> > 
> > ECS is not switching from OS/2, maybe 
> > switching from IBM mostly.  ECS
> > IS OS/2, with an ECS wrapper around 
> > it. I like most of the enhancements
> > that Serenity has added, but they have 
> > not changed OS/2. Apparently their marketing 
> > is so bad that not only are they not gaining new
> > customers, they can't even convince the general 
> > OS/2 comunity that it's a good upgrade path. Big Shame!
> > 
> > Franklin
> > 
> You should check out http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ecomstation
> which has over 1,000 members. Perhaps they might have a 
> different view of upgrading to eCS?

Only 1000? How many copies of windows are out there? How many OS/2
customers were there at it's high point? What percentage of market
share would that be? Could ECS even make 1% market share? I don't know.
Could OS/2 get some banking institutions back?

Franklin

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