Andy Roberts wrote in a message to Linda Proulx:

 ML> I am breaking in to what is really none of my business,

 AR> That's fine with me.  Funny how this thread has suddenly
 AR> inspired that response.  I was just telling my sister-in-law
 AR> that I'm going to learn not to stick my nose in other
 AR> people's bee's wax.

Knock that off Andy, we demand you stick your nose in as often as possible.
We all have to, thats how we learn, and teach, and learn some more...  

 AR> Murray, I appreciate the confirmation.  I think it is
 AR> important that others don't take what I say as fact on
 AR> surface value.  Especially since we now have at least 3
 AR> newbies reading this echo.

I tend to agree, however, I take what is said here as fact before anything
read in a book, in red books, white papers and so on.  IBM itself puts out a
ton of misleading information regarding OS/2.  NEVER take the written word as
absolute truth, including what a few individuals in here say.  I recall AFTER
installing OS/2 2.1 on my Gateway 2000, I read in the install manual from IBM
that GATEWAY computers are "problematic" or some such nonsense.  I've since
installed OS/2 on at least a dozen different Gateway computers and never had
an ounze of problematic behavior.  

I also remember reading you MUST get new OS/2 drivers to use > 4GB HD's in
OS/2... Nope, thats BS as I sure didn't.  Also recall reading some
gobbledegook in OS/2 install manual about Modem speed above 9600 not being
supported in OS/2.  That was neat, as at the time I was getting 19,000
connects w/o a hitch, and now get consistant 44-49k connects.

IBM crap is really tricky, because they are not often wrong, just very
misleading, saying things in such a way to make you thing one thing, yet, on
very close scrutiny, they didn't actually say what it looks like.  I hate that 
myself.   Quite often you know they are not right, or saying something that is 
actually not what it seems only because you are doing already what it "seems"
like they are saying won't work very well.  What is particularly interesting
is more often than not, IBM says NEGATIVE things about OS/2 which are wrong.  
Just the opposite of their partner in crime, MicroSoft.  The real truth on all 
this is available right here, based on what the people doing it have
experienced, figured out on their own and so on.  You are one of those people. 


Your input, along with the rest of us is what makes OS/2 useable.  Even Linda
helps us, as her questions prompt others to speak their mind, and everyone can 
learn from that stuff, including those doing the talking.

                                              Jack 
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