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

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From: caw
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00
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In <c1.01.2FSFRn$0Jj@rhino_house.ibm.net>, nospam@no.spam         (John Thompson) writes:
>In <3330D912.A95@techie.com>, "Rilindo B. Foster" <ibmjones@techie.com> writes:
>
>>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.
>
>And if you use a product like "Secure Workplace Professional" 
>for OS/2, you can add C2 level security for less $$$ than Windows
>NT will cost you...
>
>You get the best of both worlds: home users don't have to pay 
>for/configure/use security features they don't want or need, and 
>corporate users can get comparable security for less money than 
>Windows NT.
>
>-John (John.Thompson@ibm.net)
>

Here Here!!!!

I like the idea of NOT paying for stuff/features I don't need. At my house I'm the only
one there. and gosh darn it, I rarely get into files i'm not supposed to<G>

chris
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From: caw@SPAM@bcc.louisville.edu
Subject: Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!
Date: 1997/03/21
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