Re: DOSiX hoax? -Reply

[Steve Crutchfield scrutch@xxxxxxxx]

I agree. Its virtually impossible to buy a new
computer these days without buying Windows
95. I've contacted many vendors asking them if
I can get OS/2 preloaded or, second best, a
blank hard drive so I can install OS/2 myself.
The answer always seems to be "we don't ship
computers without operating systems, and your
choice is Windows 95 or Windows NT." I hate
paying for something I'm only going to erase
once I get the computer.

>>> G  10/22/97
11:19am >>>
On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Leslie Bialler wrote:

> Harry Binswanger wrote:
>
> > Forgive extending this non-Xy thread, but
has anyone noticed that the
> > "crime" Microsoft is accused of is *giving
away* a browser? What is
> > this--unfair gifts?
>
> I couldn't agree more, Harry! There was a
discussion of that very think on the> Lehrer
News Hour last night, BTW.


The real issue is restraint of trade, & anyone
who's tried to buy Win95
osr2 separately from 'a new computer' knows
Justice is right & Gil Bates
& Co. wrong.


ObXyW observation: despite persistent rumors
to the contrary, the
Cyrix 6x86-166 _is_ compatible with OS/2,
Linux, Win95, & XyW III+ (&
other Xy ver, according to private testimony by
others in this list). 

I await evidence as to Smart Words -- Real
Soon Now.


Wendell Cochran
West Seattle