I disagree. People who ran OS/2 tried to stay away from the WinOS2 box as much as possible. Native applications sold well (considering the userbase). The problem was there were never enough people using the OS to justify large scale development.
OS/2 Did NOT run Win32 software. At least not by IBM's hand. And the offering that IS availible via a 3rd party (Odin) is not all that hot. So there was never a "write win32, get OS/2 for free" mentality in place.
The mentality was "Write win32, OS/Who? Isn't that thing dead?"
I think it's valid anywhere. To a point. Awareness is a GoodThing(TM) when it comes to opensource projects. Of course it would be possible for them to continue acting like asses and totally run any advantage they've gained in the last week into the ground.
I think you get a better ass-pounding in state prisons. I've heard nice things about the federal prisons. Especially those that house non-violent offenders.
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I disagree. People who ran OS/2 tried to stay away from the WinOS2 box as much as possible. Native applications sold well (considering the userbase). The problem was there were never enough people using the OS to justify large scale development.
OS/2 Did NOT run Win32 software. At least not by IBM's hand. And the offering that IS availible via a 3rd party (Odin) is not all that hot. So there was never a "write win32, get OS/2 for free" mentality in place.
The mentality was "Write win32, OS/Who? Isn't that thing dead?"
I think it's valid anywhere. To a point. Awareness is a GoodThing(TM) when it comes to opensource projects. Of course it would be possible for them to continue acting like asses and totally run any advantage they've gained in the last week into the ground.
There is no bad kind.
Aye. Worse than the dungeons and dragons people. Halp!
I think you get a better ass-pounding in state prisons. I've heard nice things about the federal prisons. Especially those that house non-violent offenders.
Curious, what makes YOUR news source any more reliable than the others?
As a sidenote to your sidenote: STFU dungeons and dragons nerd.