Subj : Re: 386 OS/2 Woes...
To   : Nightfox
From : Vorlon
Date : Sat May 06 2023 17:16:08

Hi Nightfox,

 On Friday May 05 2023, Nightfox said to Vorlon:

 Vo>> What the avreage person dosn't understand is that due to that products
 Vo>> bloat it takes a tank to run... Do the same task on Linux/BSD and it
 Vo>> will run with a quarter of the requirements.

 N> And back in the 90s (when Linux was still fairly new), the competition
 N> was between Windows and OS/2 (and to some extent, GeoWorks Ensemble had
 N> been around for PCs but wasn't really common) - and I thought OS/2 was
 N> technically a lot better than Windows 3.1 or Windows 95.

OS/2 was technically better, but just like the VHS/BETA war's, the lesser
product came to win, due to being on more machnes...

MS also did better marketting so people thought that it was a better
product. OS/2 was a better product sooner, than MS's product was/is...

\/orlon
aka
Stephen

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