[Am-info] Re: adopting alternative OSes

[T. Guilbert]

In a message dated 2003 April 27 (Sunday), timestamp 07:03 PM, 
   on the topic Re: [Am-info] Re: adopting alternative OSes,
   mike <mikestp@telus.net> wrote:

"|What made people choose OS's is the same thing that makes
"|people choose  today... Word ran best in windows and it came with
"|their computer.    That was the reason why OS/2 never even came up
"|on the radar screen on  my campus, and in my private life.

"|Word was available for OS/2
"|1.2, Wordperfect, Lotus 123, Excell, Ventura Publisher, Pagemaker,
"|Micrographics, Describe, And many others.  

I have known many users and companies who need Word _compatability_
(because others use it).  I have never met one person -- not one --
who did not have complete loathing of Word as a program.  It sucked
before, and it sucks now:  it is one of the worst designed application
programs of all time, period.  In the time frame you are talking
about, WrodPerfect was still dominant, and the need for Word
compatability was not as compelling as it has since become.  

In short, whatever other relevance your arguments may have, the
argument that Microsoft beat OS/2 because of Word is simply ludicrous.


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