kevinf@infmx.UUCP (Kevin Franden) (02/17/89)
Does anyone out ther REALLY use OS/2??? I have heard of sooooo many drawbacks and have only seen it mentioned in passing here so I thought I'd pose this... What does people say to throwing off the shackles of DOS for somthing more useful, say UNIX? From my (thin) understanding of UNIX and my slimmer understanding of OS/2 (and my discust for DOS) I have begun to search for a NEW os. This obviously is has serious ramifications (rendering useless my library of DOS playthings like compilers and spreadsheets) but I feel the time is right. MINIX is the first real place I have looked (shells for DOS don't count...perhaps they should?) is ther more unrest out there in pc land or will this rebellion die with me? Kevin Franden Informix Software Inc. disclaimer();
piety@hplabsb.HP.COM (Bob Piety) (02/17/89)
In article <900@infmx.UUCP>, kevinf@infmx.UUCP (Kevin Franden) writes: > > Does anyone out ther REALLY use OS/2??? Sure, I use OS/2. But it doesn't do much good unless you also have Microsoft C 5.1 and, possibly, LAN Manager. There isn't very much software out there that runs under OS/2 and many DOS programs (the ones that doink with interrupts, hardware, etc) will not run under the compatibility mode. So... you've got to roll your own.... Bob