Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucdcsp!gillies From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: OS/2 memory requirements Message-ID: <76000063@uiucdcsp> Date: 9 Dec 87 03:20:00 GMT References: <13110@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Lines: 11 Nf-ID: #R:comp.vuw.ac.nz:13110:uiucdcsp:76000063:000:535 Nf-From: uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu!gillies Dec 8 21:20:00 1987 The article on the cover of MacWeek 31 says computerland thinks it will cost a minimum of $1500 to set up your machine to run OS/2. It's fun to smash on vaporware, but actually you're just expending hot air for no reason. I frankly would be VERY suprised if Microsoft can release a product anywhere near the functionality of Apple's system/finder. There are certain types of software that cannot be written from scratch -- they must be *evolved* Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois {gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}