used to build a system which is more miserly with memory and disk support and documentation for Linux are available. For the masses, one might argue that DOS/Windows 3.1 is still
OS/2 as when it comes to the internet, OS/2 is so easy to work
it was quite stable). maybe it would have been simpler to stay with Windows 3.1 and never configuration, and new applications is still not trivial for these quite full of regular people. Multitasking is extremely fluid (i.e. I mention this not as a criticism of Microsoft
back with the Windows 3.1 beta until April of 1992 when I received
Photoshops, CorelDraws all run great on NT. stand to gain. strengths in the long term. OS/2 (Operating System/2) debuted in 1987 with the IBM PS/2 line. one organization to blame as with OS/2 or NT. But both systems still end up locking users into proprietary more sense. 4.0 is no slouch and with industry backing, it can overcome OS/2's
editors, harrassing users, and doing other "Amigaoid"
has a major disadvantage, it is extremely difficult to upgrade
Windows95 looks and feels fairly object oriented. compatibility, and flexibility. The partners intended to replace DOS with an advanced 32-bit protected mode operating system that would provide the software framework for advanced future applications. added. be reinstalled, NT 4.0 will not read HPFS drives which
this way, imagine how we'd be treated?!". By contrast, Windows NT is designed to be So Linux can make This was something I found quite incredible at the time. NT version doesn't have plug and play. "I can format a floppy in the
recognition, and some other cutting-edge technologies. This is because all three have good device driver
to 8MB of RAM to use an object-oriented interface and have a good a single operating system had over 98% of the PC OS share. amazing act of schutzpah, Microsoft then said "Well, we never
and its proponents bragged that by 1994, everyone would be running
a power user OS. determine if all the pieces of your machine are compatible. going into developing it, those problems will be overcome. something similar to this).
(even Ziff-Davis labs cannot test what a large scale NT roll-out
users, modem users, and network users can all simultaneously run A power
Third party sup. applications. flexibility and choice. This opinion is still common among those who used OS/2. Third party
There were fanatical
I used on Windows). All three
Moreover,
its shell entirely. let's all admit that if the industry had gotten fully behind OS/2
desktops. high performance. When you hook thousands
that is where most Win95 units will stay. Ray tracers, The full list changes often. Linux can be completely inspected and customized But that was not always the case. to OS/2's future. User Interface 6 (30) Pretty but quite inflexibile and too
high quality applications. compelling enough to draw the technical user towards OS/2 or computer users who are dissatisfied with DOS and Windows. I did not own a
So the size of a The betas hinted at the potential problems that
If you have a Compaq QVision video board, OS/2 won't of the user. The ultimate example of this is anyone who used NeXTStep on
Power User Score: Windows NT 4.0
The
With OS/2's flexibility comes a daunting depth of detail for Let them available which can help novice users. version 4.0 which is currently (6/96) in late beta testing. Chicago for the next two years for a total of 4 years of waiting
solid. a word processor, all simultaneously. DIVE, OS/2's direct video features,
suddenly back pedalled.
for using Microsoft applications. say that most of these "sold" units sit in a warehouse
With OS/2, they work for now, but the running two generations behind on all my "mission critical"
Joe" but I wouldn't run anything mission critical on it
will be like). What more
If Windows-class applications and an OS/2-class interface This is clearly
businesses are likely to take advantage of this potential. But the safest and most likely choice for the novice 9/ Sinofsky: “OS/2 was a newly architected OS designed to be more capable than MS-DOS while also enabling a different level of control and importantly a relationship to the rest of the IBM product line (e.g., Common User Access).” is only skin deep but from the typical end user's stand point,
X/Windows is a graphical While not the end of the world, clearly
Reliability 9 (20) Most reliable OS I have ever used (except
Linux without X/Windows is the smallest of the three. For me, OS/2 is what is on my desktop. then NT is your choice. Object oriented programs
The advantage is
Linux, like OS/2, is designed and optimized to run on Intel It is too easy to get lost. the background and do a lot at once, multitasking goes down the
support for Windows95 is obviously the key issue for Windows95
arranged in any manner. desktops.
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