28 Sep 99 20:37, Ray Hyder wrote to Rob Basler:

 RH> The truth is that IBM simply lacked the management gut's to carry a 
 RH> technology forward that would put IBM on almost every desktop on the 
 RH> planet.  Very sad...  - ray  

The question is - would you *WANT* to run the "consumer OS"? Support and
applications aside - what happens when IBM starts to cater to the idiots
and add things like "active desktop" to OS/2, and/or integrate their web
browser? Or when they start concentrating on the pretties so much that
OS/2 starts to lose it's stability? Or when they release fixpacks on CD
bundled with a manual, a warranty card, and an $80 price tag?

I'm sorry, I'd much rather run the little guy. OS/2 is stable because
it's aimed at people who know what they're doing, not the general
populace. Co-incidentally, that's also why I like Linux so much.

Stewart Honsberger,
  blackdeath@tinys.oix.com

... He who attacks my ideas attacks democracy itself.
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