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Re: IBM's reply...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James M. Haviland, RN)
Tue Feb 26 23:26:34 2002
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From: "James M. Haviland, RN" <jhavilan@oz.net>
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Thank you for writing. I basically self taught myself OS/2 during Warp 3.?
as said near the end of this letter.
How does one decide or make quality decision as to which OS to use. MS
being a young company does a great PR job. All the PC mags and there
seeming to have to rate MS products very high turned me off. I tried OS/2
because different computer salesman in the early to mid 90's said it was a
very good OS.
Computing outside of connecting to the Internet and the world mainly for
mental stimulation. There for try something new and different. I did find
OS/2 better than Win95 or it seemed that way to me.
Yet does one go with OS/2 or Linux?
TIA
Jim
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>Why should one continue to use or back to OS/2? I use Windows because I
>know the OS somewhat.
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>I would have stayed with OS/2 longer over Windows if I could have hooked up
>OS/2 to DSL via QWest, now.
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>I've considered AT&T Broadband, yet I don't know which one is better.
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>Thank you for your time.
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>Jim
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> >From: jhavilan@oz.net (Jim Haviland)
> >Subject: Software: Why Should I Use OS/2?
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> >From: jhavilan@oz.net (Jim Haviland)
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> >I should have mentioned as I did yesterday. The biggest reason for drop
> >OS/2 on
> >my computer was my inability to figure out how to connect to the Internet
>via
> >DSL. As I said I did learn OS/2 during 3.?. I did try OS/2 when it was
>2.?,
> >but since I corrupted my 000 sector of my HD when I tried to remove OS/2,
> >possibly the wrong way, I put it aside for a while.
> >
> >I use an OS to connect to the Internet and write mainly. Keep notes,
> >etc. Play
> >games occasionally. I have a copy of Flight simulator and a Gravis
>Destroyer
> >Xtreme, it says. Yet I've never taken the time to use either. Not to
>mention
> >there is a desire inside, sort of, to learn an Internet business. Also to
> >develop a web page, when I think about things I'd like to do with my
>computer.
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >
> >Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:24:46 +0000
> >To: ggullstr@fhcrc.org
> >From: "James M. Haviland, RN" <jhavilan@oz.net>
> >Subject: Hi (2/25/02) Why Should I Use OS/2?
> >
> >I was thinking about that. Why shouldn't I concentrate on Linux since
>this
> >seems to be an OS of the future?
> >
> >Also Norton System Doctor says my physical memory is at 6.8 MB at the
>moment.
> >It varies most of the time from a little better than this to zilch or zero
> >most
> >of the time. The last time I took this system into shop they said I need
>new
> >memory since it'd been more than 90 days since I bought the memory. I
>should
> >by more memory? I'm using an Asus A7V-E main board.
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >
> >Jim
> >
> >-----
> >God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an
> >accusing
> >finger, telling the world how it was. He came to help to put the world
>right
> >again. [Jn 3:17 The Message Bible]
> >-----
> >James M. Haviland, RN
> >(206) 298-2658
> >(240) 282-6537 FAX
> >jhavilan@hotmail.com
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>God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an
>accusing finger, telling the world how it was. He came to help to put the
>world right again. [Jn 3:17 The Message Bible]
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>James M. Haviland, RN
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God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an
accusing finger, telling the world how it was. He came to help to put the
world right again. [Jn 3:17 The Message Bible]
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James M. Haviland, RN
(206) 298-2658
(240) 282-6537 FAX
jhavilan@hotmail.com
