JS>Check out what they are running every where else in the
JS>bank, other than the ATM machine.  They run almost 100% MS
JS>OS's.

Oddly enough, my bank branch updated all their machines about a year
ago, they have 100% OS/2 warp desktops in the branch.

JS> ML>     IBM gave up on trying to sell OS/2 to the AIHU years
JS> ML> ago, as OS/2 became too complex for the couch-potato
JS> ML> mentality to handle.
JS>OS/2 is no more "complex" to use than WIN, in fact, it's easier actually.

That's what I've always thought.  You sure spend a lot less time
"fixing" it.

JS>IBM never supported OS/2.  They developed it, but never
JS>attempted to get anyone to actually use it.  When people
JS>used it anyway, they were miffed, and when a lot started to
JS>use it, the aggresively marketed against it.

Back in the Warp 3 days they did attempt to get people to use it, they
also aggressively looked for preload agreements.  The MS trial in the
states has had a lot of stories about how systems integraters were
scared off preinstalling OS/2 by MS reps.  There was quite a bit of
advertising for it in those days, both in trade mags and on TV of all
things.  Why IBM decided to smother it, no one knows.  Some say that
support cost too much, some say IBM did it to get a better preload deal
for Windows 95, I don't know what is true.

JS>It's a bear trying to
JS>figure out what to buy.  I want to go to best buy and just
JS>get one off the floor, like everyone else does, but, alas,
JS>who knows if it'll run OS/2 correctly.

Go to a smaller place, custom pick your components, it isn't that hard.
The only tricky part is video card and printer, you can't go too far
wrong with much else.  Also have a look at IBM's device driver page, and
ask here if there is a component you are unsure about.

JS>Yeah, but at a big price.  MS supports it's customers also,
JS>they just pay for the same thing over and over again, and
JS>the price is about the same either way.

Have you ever tried to get support from MS on any product but its most
current?  It is completely unaffordable.  I tried to get help with a bug
in MS Mail for a large company, MS wanted $25,000 just to talk to me.
Needless to say, the bug still stands today.  If you want support for a
MS product, you have to go to who you bought it from, that's your only
option.

Rob.
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