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Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!

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From: reiter3
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00
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In <5gqeov$m56@mtinsc05.worldnet.att.net>, billko@postoffice.worldnet.att.net (Billy Ko) writes:
>In message <5gpddf$4ns@client2.news.psi.net> - os2@mistik.express.net (Mustafa
>Soysal MS57)19 Mar 1997 19:05:19 GMT writes:
>:>
><holy toledo, what a big snip!>
>:>
>
>OS/2 must suck, that's why most major banks and airlines use OS/2 as their OS
>of choice.  It must be unreliable, that's why 911 centers across the US use
>it, and the main vendor for 911 center packages promotes OS/2 as the system of
>choice.
>
>Hmmm...
>
>Bill
>Team OS/2

And it just died some more with the owners of the Hong Kong Bank
announcing they will be using it across the world. There are only
3400 branches and the bank has assets of $380 billion.

Hopefully with people using OS/2 at work, they will want it at home too!

Leon Gross
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From: reiter3@ibm.net
Subject: Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!
Date: 1997/03/21
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