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In article <1993Jan20.170840.4662@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jebright@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James R Ebright) writes:
> In article <enk2.60.727548526@po.cwru.edu> enk2@po.cwru.edu (Erik Kovach) writes:
> >In article <1993Jan20.163847.26969@cbfsb.cb.att.com> feg@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (forrest.e.gehrke) writes:
> >>So, are we all working with a dead end?  Are we just 
> >>whistling while passing the graveyard before 
> >>Microsoft unloads NT around May of this year?
> >
> >I think that OS/2 will either explode in popularity, or, which is more 
> >likely, have a somewhat small but dedicated following comperable to the 
> >Amiga users...they will be there and have software and generally have an 
> >impressive operating system, but will lack mainstream support.  Who knows...
> >from what I hear 'bout NT I am not that impressed with it as I am with OS/2.
> 
> The history of the computer market shows leaders don't always hold the lead.
> NT will launch and a lot of folks will talk about it.  Then things will
> begin to sort out...
> 
> If OS/2 keeps improving, its usage will spread.  Right now, it's mostly
> by word of mouth :-()   OS/2 needs some end-user marketing.  Nobody
> who isn't a computer jock has ever heard of it...(Sounds like UNIX ten
> years ago).  "4 out of 5 computer jocks prefer OS/2!" is not as good as
> "4 out 5 PC users prefer OS/2!".

At risk of starting the FTC thing again.......i just read through most of the
ads in the December Computer Shopper (mine comes by boat...OK?).
 
"* includes MSDOS5 and Windows 3.1!" 
 
got pretty boring by the 300th ad. A couple mentioned other OS's being
available...usually OS/2 was first mentioned as an alternative. 
 
But why virtually NO vendors will offer OS/2 as an option has me wondering.
People who use OS/2 almost have to go out and *find* it. I don't blame IBM for
this completely. The MS lock on the mail-order PC market *is* a virtual
monopoly. No one else gets a look in. 

How can OS/2 get vendors to ship it with systems? I don't know what the answer
is: make it $10 a copy to OEMs like MS has done with their software? 
 
Steve
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