Re: Is OS/2 a dead end?

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From: David Charlap
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:45

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In article <1993Jan22.222421.4974@spcvxb.spc.edu> benezra_a@spcvxb.spc.edu writes:
>> Average computer users will not be willing to or may not be able to
>> copy with these "minor" glitches.  When Windows or dos crashed and
>> average computer user does a reboot, he's generally back at the dos
>> command line within a minute or two (depending on his
>> config/autoexec), or back at windows in another min or so.  With
>> OS/2, when it reboots, particularly after a crash or unexpected
>> shutdown, it takes upwards of 5 to 30 minutes depending on your
>> hard drive size and configuration.  
>
>Are you kidding? 5 to 30 minutes?! Are you sure your computer is
>plugged in? If that were true, there wouldn't be anyone here to talk
>to. Where did you get this gem from? Redmond?

Perhaps he has a 65ms hard drive.


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