Greetings and Salutations,

     -=> Andy Roberts wrote to Linda Proulx <=-

 AR> 99% of the time hardware is not a good reason to use M$, especially if
 AR> you read the OS2HW echo and make careful selections before buying new
 AR> HW.  Often the difference in price between the very cheapest M$ only HW
 AR> that is usually slow and unreliable, is not enough savings in $

Just discovered a mess of new printers are Win9X only. P.O.ed me all
to..... And in order to get anything comperable would have to pay
$800.00 for Warp use.  Sheesh.

 AR> Do yourself a BIG favor:  don't buy nor even install a free gift of
 AR> WinXX, until long after you have been using OS/2 on a regular basis.

I don't intend to actually.  Even the short time I've used Warp am
impressed and actually found easy to use (at the moment).  Haven't hit
the big stuff yet, though.  And can see how well it will fit into the
way I want to work.  Just leaving options open at the moment.

 AR> FIRST.  That will build up your immunity to becoming addicted to the M$
 AR> virus.  Then if you absolutely must have some M$ only software, at

Have been immune from the first time I ever saw Windows.

 AR> If you have any thoughts of doing a comparison of M$ before you get a
 AR> very good handle on OS/2, then you will become so confused that it will

Nah.  I just see that there may be a possibility of needing it for a
specific need occasionally.

 AR> could learn in a few months without M$.  In other words it is much
 AR> easier to learn OS/2 if you don't have to UNlearn M$ first.

Haven't learned it yet.  Honest.  And Warp feels very natural to me.
Just a few mouse habits from 3.1 to unlearn, but no problem with it.

Look forward to doing some serious stuff with Warp.

Anon,

Linda

... Been there, done that, too tired to look for the T-shirt.
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