To say that Windows OS's have more drivers must be
severely downplayed because the only way to get new drivers and more features is to buy a new version of an otherwise bad operating system.
At least OS/2 or eCs is updated with features and
drivers and the GUI isn't constantly being changed on the users. It was reported as bad when the OS/2 user interface, which is far superior to any Windows operating system, has to be learned. I didn't read about it being bad that new user interfaces for Windows operating systems were bad because users had to be retrained.
It is true that Windows OS's have nice features. Now if the OS's worked and stayed up, then they would be worth something. I have used most of them, buying them just for hardware support and to run a few applications (non-Microsoft, I might add). As Microsoft keeps releasing operating systems which are never complete, never debugged,
they are already being plagued by less driver support (some video cards I have purchased supposedly had NT support, not to be found on the
CD-ROM or that didn't work) and less and less of the applications can be moved to the new operating system.
Many of us will be glad when the ODIN project nears completion. Then OS/2 users around the world can run the many W95, W98,WNT, W2000 applications under OS/2 and eCs, most of which are non-Microsoft. Maybe the media in this country can fool everyone into believing the Windows is the way to go. They are going to find out that the Internet will enable users to find out that other, better operating systems are being used, especially in other countries. It is now Microsoft's turn to go downhill. Linux, eCs,
and others will take over. Users will learn more and more about these operating systems because they will search the internet, no longer listening to just what the media here wants to report. The only thing good about Microsoft's OS's is their marketing.
Even if these OS's don't dig deeply into Windows users and convert them to use something else, most of these other OS's are better and dependable than Windows. Great sales don't mean a product is good. Remember the Ford Pinto and the Firestone/Bridgestone epics?
From someone who has been using OS/2 since version 2.0, I love it and am glad people all over the world are supporting it with enhancements, even through open-source.
To those of you who are open-minded, not simple-mineded and brainwashed by Microsoft, look around the Web to see what is really going on, and then pick up an operating system that suits your needs, not what the news media in the US is telling you. Who knows, you may become an eCs user!
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To say that Windows OS's have more drivers must be severely downplayed because the only way to get new drivers and more features is to buy a new version of an otherwise bad operating system. At least OS/2 or eCs is updated with features and drivers and the GUI isn't constantly being changed on the users. It was reported as bad when the OS/2 user interface, which is far superior to any Windows operating system, has to be learned. I didn't read about it being bad that new user interfaces for Windows operating systems were bad because users had to be retrained. It is true that Windows OS's have nice features. Now if the OS's worked and stayed up, then they would be worth something. I have used most of them, buying them just for hardware support and to run a few applications (non-Microsoft, I might add). As Microsoft keeps releasing operating systems which are never complete, never debugged, they are already being plagued by less driver support (some video cards I have purchased supposedly had NT support, not to be found on the CD-ROM or that didn't work) and less and less of the applications can be moved to the new operating system. Many of us will be glad when the ODIN project nears completion. Then OS/2 users around the world can run the many W95, W98,WNT, W2000 applications under OS/2 and eCs, most of which are non-Microsoft. Maybe the media in this country can fool everyone into believing the Windows is the way to go. They are going to find out that the Internet will enable users to find out that other, better operating systems are being used, especially in other countries. It is now Microsoft's turn to go downhill. Linux, eCs, and others will take over. Users will learn more and more about these operating systems because they will search the internet, no longer listening to just what the media here wants to report. The only thing good about Microsoft's OS's is their marketing. Even if these OS's don't dig deeply into Windows users and convert them to use something else, most of these other OS's are better and dependable than Windows. Great sales don't mean a product is good. Remember the Ford Pinto and the Firestone/Bridgestone epics? From someone who has been using OS/2 since version 2.0, I love it and am glad people all over the world are supporting it with enhancements, even through open-source. To those of you who are open-minded, not simple-mineded and brainwashed by Microsoft, look around the Web to see what is really going on, and then pick up an operating system that suits your needs, not what the news media in the US is telling you. Who knows, you may become an eCs user!