Hello Murray.

04 Oct 99 06:31, you wrote to me:

 SD>> Besides, all of those computers you mentioned are based on old
 >> chips.  OS/2 is based on the x86 set... as long as there's a x86
 >> system around, it will run OS/2.

 ML>     I wish that people who try to quote history in this echo knew what
 ML> they were talking about :-(.  No version of OS/2 would run on an 8086
 ML> or 80186 (practically nothing ran on the short-lived 80186).  Only
 ML> OS/2 versions 1.x would run on an 80286, but not on any earlier x86.
 ML> OS/2 versions 2.x and 3.0 would run on an 80386, but not on any
 ML> earlier x86. Warp 4 and later require (as a minimum) an 80486.

OK, how many people you know that have a 80186?  I know my history.  I'd think 
that most people in this echo would know I was talking about a 386 and above.
Maybe next time I say something, I'll break everything down to the lowest
common denominator for people like you who assume that I don't know what I'm
talking about.  I've been involved with computers well over half my life (and
I'm only 27).  I know that OS/2 won't run on a 8086 or 80186.  Please.  Don't
insult me like that.


 ML>     In spite of your topic heading, OS/2 most certainly is not
 ML> "over."

If you'd read the thread, you'd seen that was NOT my header.  Again, you
assume too much.

 ML> The thing that the doomsayers really are saying (although many of
 ML> them
 ML> obviously don't know it!) is that they (the SOHO users) have been left
 ML> out of IBM's future plans for OS/2.  They are correct!!  OS/2 was

No joking?  Hmmm... maybe there are those of us who realize that OS/2 was
never really ment to be a SOHO client and that the Warp client series was a
'test' market for OS/2.

Next time, before you go insulting me, know what the hell I mean.  Last time I 
checked, x86 didn't include 8086/88 or 80186.  Of course, then again, you're
the walking library on OS/2.  In other words, I know what I'm talking about. 
I don't need you coming in and spouting what I'm sure is common knowledge in
this echo.

You're talking about application prices?  Gee, StarOffice is free.  That's a
nice application.  90% of the software I run for OS/2 is either free or a very 
cheaply-priced shareware.  Not all of us go searching for the big-buck IBM
stuff when you can look on the web and find something identical in function
for a lot less.


Do you think that I slapped OS/2 in without reading up on it and studying it
first?  Do me a favor and don't try to correct me when I know what I'm talking 
about.

Sean

... "For her lust/She'll burn in hell" -- Type O Negative
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