Subj : Quiet!
To   : Holger Granholm
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Sat Sep 30 2006 11:47 am

Holger Granholm wrote in a message to Sean Dennis:

HG> When we oldtimers have passed away nobody will know that there
HG> existed an OS by the name OS/2, Warp or eCS.

Sadly, I agree with you.  Even some of these computer science professors I'm
working with don't know anything about OS/2.  Most of them are shocked that I
still program in Pascal.

HG> It surprises me that eCS has not even tried to market the OS in
HG> other countries. IBM had OS/2 available at least in all countries
HG> they were represented in. Even more surprising is that IBM let go
HG> of OS/2.

Supposedly they're marketing it in Germany, but I've not seen anything.  I
don't think they have much of an advertising budget anyway.  I'd think you'd
try to get the word out by advertising in trade magazines, other websites or
even a Google ad.

HG> My present hub runs WinXP with NTFS but says that he is happy if it
HG> runs 2 weeks without interruption.

My W2K box runs very nicely for months on end, but I still reboot it at least
once a month to make sure that all is well.  It's some of these poorly-written
programs that cause problems on occasion.

Later,
Sean

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