From: Randal Whittle (whittle_at_chaph.usc.edu)
Date: Fri Jun 17 1994 - 20:40:42 EDT
> I've gotten the music to work, under an OS/2 DOS box.
>
> See Randal, OS/2 is good for something! :)
>John Kim
I'd like to just take a moment to let everyone know--especially
you OS/2 types--that I very much respect and admire the efforts that have
gone into OS/2, both on the part of IBM programmers and those rabid "Team
OS/2" folks who have made it their personal mission to see to it that OS/2
is on every PC.
Those of you who are the *real* OS/2 nuts will recognize my last
name, but only if it were attached to a first name of "Dave"--yes, we're
related. Yes--he's actually my brother. And if you don't think I've heard
the best arguments in the world for OS/2 from him, then you are sadly
mistaken.
As I've said, I've had it installed on my desktop PC 3 different
times in 3 different versions (though not on my TP750C), and believe me--
I gave it the hardware requirements it thirsted for (and then some). I
*wanted* it to work--I *wanted* a true 32-bit multitasking monster. All
I got was a wonderful operating system with few apps and lacking driver
support--and I didn't see any reason to run OS/2 just so I could run my
Windows apps--Windows did it better. I feel I've given OS/2 a very fair
chance to work for me--its just that it always falls short.
I've told Sean Chou already that if all the apps I used
suddenly popped up with OS/2 versions *tomorrow* (and I could get
them for the cost of disks or something)--then I'd switch back again
tomorrow. If such an event occurred, then the driver support would follow
too. I see OS/2's great potential, but the current reality just isn't as
bright as its future.
Meanwhile, if OS/2 ever *really* catches on as something besides a
niche market, I'll be joining all of you in the future, and I have no doubt
it will be *because* of you people's efforts. As for me, I'm just not willing
to "blaze the trail" myself (unlike my brother Dave, I don't get paid to
do it nor do I get all sorts of free OS/2 apps handed to me because I'm an
OS/2 marketing guru)--I've got work to do. :)
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Randy Whittle whittle_at_chaph.usc.edu
University of Southern California School of Business (Fight on, 'SC Trojans!)
- Motorcycle nut, HP 48GX & 100LX user, & lover of fine chocolate...
"It's not denial, I'm just very selective about the reality I accept!" -Calvin
"Consensus is the negation of leadership." - Margaret Thatcher
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