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rr wrote:

> Andrew Holmes wrote:
> >
> > I've been using win95 for the last 18months and have just gone over to
> > OSR2. Is there any benefit of going to OS/2, and will my current Win'95
> > software like office'97 still work?
> >
> > --
> > Andy Holmes.
> >
> > mailto:andyholmes@mistral.co.uk
> > http://www3.mistral.co.uk/andyholmes/win95
>
> I have been using OS/2 for quite awhile and can tell you that a
> changeover from Windows 95 would be a tremendous upgrade for you. Aside

As far as the OS, yes, I agree...otherwise, see later on...

> from stability OS/2 offers the ability to customized your system to
> exactly meet your needs. Windows 95,  to me,  is more of hack. If all
> you plan to do is run games then stick with Windows.  As to the Win95
> Apps they wont run in an out of the Box OS/2 WarpIV configuration but
> some of them could run using either the base WIN32s implementation of
> OS/2 or using XFreeOS2 and running a Win95 Emulator such as Wine.
> (XFreeOS2 will let you run some of the XWin software used on Linux
> systems and its FREE).  I would not recommend do either because I
> beleave that OS/2 has a very good application base to begin with.
>
> 1. The bonus pack which comes with OS/2 is loaded with great software
> from productivity tools to a great PIM program.

Great???? Come on, now!!!! Works is a joke for anything except small text
documents and the capabilities compared to Excel of the spreadsheet are
miniscule....e.g, try putting a graphic image in a Works document....

> Furthermore there are
> several software developers that either have software or are developing
> software which would meet your needs.  And if you like application
> Suites then I can tell you that the StarOffice Suite will give Office
> Pak 97 a Run for their money check them out they have versions for
> almost every platform.
>

They are slowly getting there, but are way behind.....not knocking them,
where was IBM providing developer support back when 2.0/2.1 was being
introduced?

> 2. Java support is built in and was the first Operating system to have
> the JVM intergrated into the desktop.
>

This is good.....

> 3. As for connectivity the networking capabilities of OS/2 are far
> superior than that of Win95
>

So is this....

> [snip]

> On the down side OS/2 requires a small amount of learning on how a
> computer really works and how networks really work if you plan to set up
> a small lan/wan. But its not as bad as it seems first the information is
> readily available with you installation and there is a wealth of Web
> Sites that show you just how to set up any feature you may require in
> OS/2. Other than that I see no real obstacles.
>

On the real downside, drivers are difficult to get for many devices (see
complaints about HP Deskjet printers for one simple example) and
compatability with MS shops is a problem for many....

> PS. - On my system I run just about everything,
> (netscape,Pmmail,Newsreader, Goserve WebServer, Netbios File & Printer
> Sharing, Process Commander, Unzip & Install, Crack RC5 64 bit, and
> voiceType dictation for IRC Sessions Great !!!) any slowdowns NO !!!! It
> All Runs Smoothly and I can Even Format a Floppy at the same time :D ha,
> ha ... (Inside Joke - Can't figure out why OS2'rs always bring this one
> up, yes it demonstrates the multitasking and multithreading
> capabilities/power of OS/2 but what does this mean to anyone when almost
> all the floppies you buy nowadays are already formatted !!!)

But do you do any WORK on that machine?????....this is all play as near as I
can tell.

What substitutes (equivalently) for AutoCad, Matlab, TecPlot, layout design
tools, graphics apps for scientific presentation/visualization, ....???

Mathematica or Maple are alternatives in some ways, but extremely expensive
compared to capable alternatives in Windows world...

If you are aware of such, let me know....

> For more information take a look at  Timur's Web Page
> http://www.os2ss.com/Information/NewUsers/

  Good place...Timur is super!!!

Duane Bozarth
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