WARP, NT and Win9?
Christopher A. Worth (CAWORT01@ULKYVM.LOUISVILLE.EDU)
Sun, 8 Jan 95 10:30:26 EST
Biomedical Engineer, BCC
Phone: (502)852-7191
Richard Cox writes...
>>Chris, by the way, you are such a big advocate of OS/2. What are
yourfeelings on it compared to Windows NT and the impending Windows 95. Is
youradvocasy based on ridding oneself of the Windows/dos concoction or is
theproblem more Windows related? Have you used WARP and if so how is it?
Howmuch disk space does it take up as I'm considering using it. Can it
runexisting DOS and Windows programs? <<
Richard,
I am running WARP as I type this, I've been a bit lazy in changing the TAG
LINE. If you need a file server that is pretty cheap and you have lots of
folks running windoze, use NT, I'm logged onto and NT server right now, as a
matter of fact. Windoze 95 where to start? I've seen it a guy down the hall
has it. Not very stable, lots of cutesyness. basicly flash over substance. It
won't ever be the robust operating system NT is, the problem is the resource
requirements of NT, preclude it from being the workstation OS of choice. I
have to run a few win programs at work. I have ZERO win programs at home.
Under Warp I've run MSFT Power Point, WinList,Corel Draw(over a network),
PhotoMorph, and was downloading a file from the school's mainframe using
Kermit/2. All at the same time. WinList and PP don't run very well together on
the same machine under Win/DOS. Soon our direct connection will be inplace and
I'll be a part of the INTERNET, capable of running multiple operations. like
FTP'ing from several sites at once.
I like WARP a lot, it is very fast and I don't have any reservations
recommending it. With this exception. If you really want to be less
productive, use Windows.<g> If you have any further questions fire away
Chris
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