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Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 10:50:01 +0200
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From: wimvh@liris.tew.kuleuven.ac.be (Wim Van Holder)
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References: <1993May16.143722.4555@samba.oit.unc.edu> <1T8FL2$EHS@BALSAM.UNCA.EDU>
Message-ID: <1993May19.103933@liris.tew.kuleuven.ac.be>
Organization: K.U.Leuven - Applied Economic Sciences Department
Subject: Re: head-to-head win and os/2
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In article <1T8FL2$EHS@BALSAM.UNCA.EDU>, kepley@photon.phys.unca.edu writes:
|> In article <1993May16.143722.4555@samba.oit.unc.edu> dil.admin@mhs.unc.edu (Dave Laudicina) writes:
|> >question. The next question is even if I did want to run OS/2
|> >and I had this big monster machine to run it on, is there a diverse
|> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
|>
|> I think you're deliberatly overstating the requirements for OS/2.
|> Considering that OS/2 is a multi-threaded true multitasking OS and
|> takes the place of DOS and Windows and more, I actually think the
|> requirements for OS/2 are very reasoable.  I also think that anyone
|> using Windows 3.1 without 8 megs of RAM, a 386-40, and 200 megs of
|> hard drive space, is beating their head against a wall.  Those are
|> also legitimate requirements for OS/2.  In fact, the requirements
|> for Windows 3.1 and OS/2 are about equal.
                                ^^^^^^^^^^^
Exquise me!? Since when does mankind consider twice to be equal??

|>
|> --
|> |          "The natural progress of things is for government             |
|> |              to gain ground and for liberty to yield"                  |
|> |                           Thomas Jefferson                             |
|> | Brad Kepley   kepley@photon.phys.unca.edu    704-252-8330/Voice-Days   |

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