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Date:	Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:04:28 PST7
From:	Butch Langel <eyeleica@lvcm.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: How would you answer?

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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.

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.

Please forgive me for taking your time and attention.

Butch Langel

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