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Article #4671Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!
From: crobato
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:00
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 00:00
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In <5grsdk$8to@client2.news.psi.net>, os2@mistik.express.net (Mustafa Soysal MS57) writes: >In article <3330D912.A95@techie.com>, >Rilindo B. Foster <ibmjones@techie.com> wrote: >>Mustafa Soysal MS57 wrote: >>> >> >>> You mean we have to pay extra cost? I find it interesting that IBM >>> seems to market to home users with no security for local users in place, >> >>Just a comment about home user: they general don't really seem to care >>about security or at least know what to do about it. > >Home users do care about their security, how would you like your HD >formatted each time you used IE or NS to see some website? OS/2 does not run IE and NS isn't the one with the ActiveX hole. [snip] >You mean I am not lying my head off to make people buy into OS/2 and be >unhappy about the crap they got, yes Sir. I don't want to be >responsible for unhappines based on my advise. Unlike some advocates, >my word stands for its consulting value to customers. I won't sacrify >myself so that IBM can continue its dead end course with OS/2. > >Besides, Jesus told us not to lie. It is for a good reason. There is a >thin line between advocacy and lying. > > You already broke that rule on the above. Rgds, Chris *** The Windows Guide to Impotence *** Abort, Retry, Fail??? Abort, Retry, Fail??? Abort, Retry, Fail??? >>>crobato@kuentos.guam.net<<<
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1044c2,6c9c714efb26b18 X-Google-Attributes: gid1044c2,public X-Google-Thread: 112d6c,7905b5083192d203 X-Google-Attributes: gid112d6c,public X-Google-Thread: 10cd94,6c9c714efb26b18 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cd94,public From: crobato@kuentos.guam.net Subject: Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is! Date: 1997/03/28 Message-ID: <5hgj2g$eem@lehi.kuentos.guam.net> X-Deja-AN: 229004387 References: <5g51e8$1sta$1@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net> <5grsdk$8to@client2.news.psi.net> Organization: Kuentos Communications Inc. Reply-To: crobato@kuentos.guam.net Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps,comp.os.os2.misc,bit.listserv.os2-l