Subj : Still using OS/2?
To   : Jean-Claude Dumas
From : mark lewis
Date : Fri Jul 31 2015 00:07:24

30 Jul 15 12:30, you wrote to me:

 ml>> my original frontdoor/fastecho/remoteaccess multinode
 ml>> system is one of the jobs that my main server has...
 ml>> along with apache, ftpserv, weasel for web, ftp and
 ml>> email... there's also binkd, a jamnntpd server and at
 ml>> least 10 AI controllers for my tradewars 2000 v3 gold
 ml>> games ;)

 JD> Quite impressive, I wish I had the will to put up and maintain such a
 JD> system.

thank you... it has been in operation for at least two decades... it has also 
has been transferred to newer hardware several times by simply moving the HDs 
over... try doing that with winwhatever ;)

 ml>> as for "useless" that depends on what one wants or
 ml>> needs to do... as a multitasking OS it works very well
 ml>> for native OS/2 apps and DOS apps... browsing the

 JD> I always had. :)

:)

 ml>> internet and stuff like that? i'd rather use another
 ml>> system simply because of the possible dangers one might
 ml>> run into... i'd rather reload a workstation than a
 ml>> server, ya know? ;)

 JD> Wise enought, yes. :)

most definitely! hell, i can reload and repopulate a linux server faster but 
the OS/2 stuff is better in most cases... at least for the native and DOS 
stuff... the ported stuff from linux is pretty good most of the time but 
occasionally it has problems...

)\/(ark

.... Olympic spirit- "Fight as friends and not as foes."
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