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Date:	Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:28:54 PST7
From:	"Gary Wong" <gary.wong@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: How would you answer?

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Butch:

Look at http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0802H/vnewsf4.htm. It's an
interview with a woman in Germany who uses OS/2. That might help you with the "why
do you use OS/2?".

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:04:28 PST7, Butch Langel wrote:

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>I've been looking for the book, Getting to Know OS/2 Warp 4, by Stokes. Most
everyone in this group knows this book is almost impossible to find. I've been
everywhere (in cyberspace) trying to find it. One copy is available at Amazon for $80,
but that is out of my range.
>I've tried different websites that attract computer professionals, like arstechnica and
sysopt. I just got a reply from an individual who said there was a computer bookstore
in his city that has a shelf full of os/2 books and that he would look for me. He then
asked why the interest in os/2.
>My reply was that I like learning how systems work and found that linux distributions
were pretty much the same except for the packaging. Windows are fine. I've used 95,
98, 2K and XP. They work fine.
>I like BeOS and systems that have knocked off of it. I have found that os/2 is solid,
interesting, and classical in its appearance. It feels good.
>My question if you want to answer is why you use os/2 or eCS? That question asked
of me had the intonation that something was wrong with me for using a system so old
and forgotten.
>I ask just to learn more about they system and also how to respond to the people who
are going to look at me and shake their heads. Now, don't get me wrong. That isn't a
problem with me. I taught special education for 30 years and that qualifies me for being
a little weird.
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>I intend upon using os/2 full time when I get everything functioning properly. My
complaint with MS is that they are a monopoly and have acted illegally to maintain that
status. The computer world is not better off because of their position and their actions.
>When you find something that is classic, it never becomes obsolete.
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>Please forgive me for taking your time and attention.
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>Butch Langel
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