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On Thu, 29 Jan 1998 11:20:03 -0600, Mike Hunziker wrote: ><snip> >>Haa, I'd rather have a DOS program then a Win95 one. >>Yah, but for people who only use the computer as a *tool* in their >>business and don't care about the OS > >Paul: >>Except for the people I know. THey wouldn't put a Microsoft OS on >>their computers >>if they were paid to. > >Sorry to clue you in Paul, but most of us ARE getting paid to do just that. >My company dictates the policy and if you want to remain gainfully >employed you comply. I have more latitude than most here since I'm >a system administrator but that really is not the point. ><snip> Unless you're self employeed, or your company uses ONLY OS/2 and Linux. Most of the people on the other list are administrators, self employed, or OS/2 technicians. And some even have to use Windows at work, but have suggested OS/2. > >> so much, it would be nice to have a >>consistent standard since they don't have the time to be worrying about >>whether it runs in DOS or Windows. That is, since most of the world >>(like it or not) is using some form of Windows, most business people >>have >gotten used to the GUI interface. > >This is 100% true, period. > Don't count on it. >>That's not neccesarily true, there are *many* businesses that run on >>OS/2, Linux, >><yuck> the Mac OS, etc. It's not completely a Windows world. > >We are in the process of getting rid of all traces of OS/2. > >I know some ISP's that run Linux but why on Earth would I run my >financial company on a freeware os? My ISP uses FreeBSD, and I find it more reliable than Earthlink, my previous provider, who used NT. Probably the reason I had problems staying connected. If a critical server drops I need >parts and services NOW. That's one reason I'm sending this out on a >760E, we leverage off an IBM support contract. We also leverage off >Hewlett Packard for Unix servers and software. > >I've run linux and I prefer hpux over it. > Well, I believe it's all based on personal preferences. I look at it this way - you can't judge a book by it's cover. There's a good OS metaphor. Okay, I'm off my soapbox. Let's keep this personal to avoid wasted bandwidth. -- Paul =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Paul Khoury pkhoury@loop.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Running OS/2 2.1 on my PS/2 55SX Running OS/2 Warp 3 on my "DX2-50" Running OS/2 Warp 4 on my server and ThinkPad 701CS Donate your idle CPU time to a needy cause. Join Team Warped and help to crack RC5-64! Check out http://www.ionet.net/~colin/rc5.html for more information. The Operating System/2 Version is 4.00 Revision 9.029 There are 26 Processes with 90 Threads. This machine's uptime is 0d 5h 55m 28s 265ms.