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In a message dated 12-07-14, John Kelly said to Holger Granholm:

Good morning John,

JK> We can both run about 4 nodes. But OS/2 is more difficult to install
JK> and maintain. It has little or no real advantage.

I agree on the 'maintain' in the second sentence. That's the reason so
many banks and offices (companies) switched to Windows. A crash in OS/2
is so rare that if you don't have a back-up on a cloned HD or a mirror
back-up it will be tedious to get the system up again while a Windows
crash happens so often that a child can get it running again.

The OS/2 installation is very straightforward and easy especially the
Warp 4 one because of the detailed information carried in the documen-
tation in the "Up and running with OS/2 version 4" book with detailed
worksheets for different ways of set-up. Starting with v2.1 the install
was along the lines of any DOS program installation and improved along
the versions to Warp v4.

Of course if you need the hand-holding that Windows gives you things
may look different.

The advantage of OS/2 is the crash- and virus infection freedom.

If you have an UPS backup it can run over any power outage and if that
would fail to be sufficient it will automatically start up when power
returns.

The only difference is that it will run an automatic CHKDSK before the
system comes up again after a power outage in case you are not at home
to close down the system manually.

Seasons Greetings,

Holger

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