fox@cs.cs.columbia.edu (David Fox) (09/06/89)
In the August 28th issue of ComputerWorld is an editorial by Douglas Barney, editor in chief of Amiga World. In it he praises OS/2 but criticizes IBM for bringing it out so slowly. He also says: "Already the delays in shipping, applications development and user implementation are creating opportunities for systems that really have no other good reason for succeeding. How else can one explain the excitement over Unix, an operating system that the industry long ago dismissed for its bulk, market fragmentation, coarseness and overall awfulness? "DOS extenders and Unix, which should never ever have gained a foothold, now look to become mainstream. With enough momentum behind these flawed alternatives, OS/2 may never catch on and will certainly never achieve what had seemed to be its simple and achievable destiny: to replace MS-DOS." Just thought you should all know... David Fox fox@cs.columbia.edu