Re: Off topic....for sure!

[Dave1massey@cs.com]

In a message dated 4/21/2005 8:48:09 PM Central Standard Time, 
dmallin@attglobal.net writes: 
> Well as far as I know nobody is running OS/2. Last I heard it was in ATM 
> machines because it could 
> run 24x7 an not need to be rebooted every so often -- unlike the M$ junk.
> 
If "nobody" means a few thousand hard-core users then right.  A friend of 
mine is running OS/2 Warp in a multicomputer network and he loves it.  There is 
a 
group of users: 

( http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/os2/os2world.html )

still advocating Warp.  But he does admit it is troublesome to set up.  And 
since most computer users just want to switch on and type OS/2 is of no 
interest to the bulk of the market.  Of course reloading windows is no walk in 
the 
park either.

Dave