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	Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution
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On Thu, 31 Oct 1996, Dave Tholen wrote:

> Odd that I never encountered this "bug".

Most people don't saddle OS/2 with 10 hot windows.  Most people don't put
10 or 12 server processed on their workstation.  Most applications aren't
receiving input from 3 sattellites, 2 dedicated news feeds, and 3
editorial departments.

Doing these things under a Unix environment is quite normal.  Doing these
things under OS/2 is like trying to tow a 32 foot trailer with a Ford
Escort.

I'm a power user.  I can disintegrate Warp in 3 hours.  I can blow Windows
3.1 in 45 minutes.  I can Hang Windows 95 in 5 hours, and I can turn NT
into a sleeping dog in about 2 days.  I can hang Linux in about 3 weeks,
and can solve that problem with a simple Cron job.  I can run on a Sparc
20 for about 30 days between precautionary reboots (just to get rid of the
Zombies).

My applications are a bit extreme.  My work style is more intense.  I was
handling 20 calls/hour and would switch between 16 virtual screeens (a
feature Linux includes by default).  With NT I have to "patter" (talk
about trivial matters) until the hourglass or "animation of the moment"
finishes.  Even under '95 I have 10-15 icons on the start bar.


From rballard@cnj.digex.net Mon Nov  4 01:43:55 1996
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