I think it's safe to say that os/2 is dead, so why even dispute it's great features 8 years ago? Don't get me wrong, i use to run os/2 until nt 4 came out. the thing that killed os/2 was that no one made applications for it.
now by applications i don't mean it was completely lacking; i still have the 20+ follies for borland c++ and delphi for os/2. the key problem was that ibm failed to properly back it up. by the time `98 came out most of the software you would spot in stores was for windows. the rest we all know, windows became window$ and os/2 was religated to c64esc community, with people holding on to their dear os/2.
That isn't much of a statement, it is illegal to speed, hasn't stopped many. Now granted the repercussions for speeding are minor but i doubt that the civil penalties for taping the super bowl are going to stop anyone.
Just like pot, the people that get caught are distributors or are caught in the act of another crime (your house gets raided for that math lab and the cops decide to tag on the extra 5yrs for your extensive mp3 collection). Let's think of the average Joe, since we are recording from a broadcast in this case, we don't have to worry about having to download the file over the internet. Unless you distribute the only way they could catch you is if you distribute or are asking for a police raid.
So what's the problem? As long as people stay greedy, and don't share their recorded media, they are going to stay safe.
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I think it's safe to say that os/2 is dead, so why even dispute it's great features 8 years ago? Don't get me wrong, i use to run os/2 until nt 4 came out. the thing that killed os/2 was that no one made applications for it.
now by applications i don't mean it was completely lacking; i still have the 20+ follies for borland c++ and delphi for os/2. the key problem was that ibm failed to properly back it up. by the time `98 came out most of the software you would spot in stores was for windows. the rest we all know, windows became window$ and os/2 was religated to c64esc community, with people holding on to their dear os/2.
os/2 is no longer current.
That isn't much of a statement, it is illegal to speed, hasn't stopped many. Now granted the repercussions for speeding are minor but i doubt that the civil penalties for taping the super bowl are going to stop anyone. Just like pot, the people that get caught are distributors or are caught in the act of another crime (your house gets raided for that math lab and the cops decide to tag on the extra 5yrs for your extensive mp3 collection). Let's think of the average Joe, since we are recording from a broadcast in this case, we don't have to worry about having to download the file over the internet. Unless you distribute the only way they could catch you is if you distribute or are asking for a police raid. So what's the problem? As long as people stay greedy, and don't share their recorded media, they are going to stay safe.