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On Thu, 12 Oct 1995, Ken Manheimer wrote: > > [Some substantial info about difficulties of using OS/2.] > > With the sort of encouraging info about using linux that you mentioned, > and the troubles with using OS/2, it sounds like linux is worth aiming > for. I'm surprised that OS/2 is ungainly when it comes to resources, but I don't think it's because OS/2 is resource hungry, but because OS/2 is not unix and running unix programs has the overhead of the ported unix tools (which don't really create native OS/2 code). The emacs binary under OS/2 was almost 2MB while it's under 1MB for Linux. It also loads a *lot* faster under Linux. I do miss the ability to run just about any DOS program under the sun though. The irony of all this is that I sent a letter to Keith Moore saying I vote that this list not expand to cover the TP760/701. ___________________________________________________________________________ John H. Kim "A common mistake that people make when trying to design jokim@mit.edu something completely foolproof is to underestimate the jokim@tuna.mit.edu ingenuity of complete fools." -- Douglas Adams