On Tuesday 01 January 2002 22:53, Glenn Holmer wrote:
Isen Kusima wrote:
My first OS is DOS 2.0. I don't really care about OS at that time, and just use it.
What, you never had a Commodore? :)
I was 6 or 7 when I first played king quest on my dad XT computer ;) and english is not my first language.... go figure... I'm not old enough ;)))))
Although I like OS/2 more than Windows95, I can't find enough resource to make me using it more and more.
Sad but true! OS/2 was killed by the fact that it could easily run Windows 3.x apps: so why develop for OS/2? That and the whole issue of Microsoft's behavior re. IBM. I ran OS/2 from 2.0 through Warp 4, and still have it on two machines. I boot it when I need to remind myself what a *real* desktop environment should be like (as opposed to that <flame-bait>tinker-toy KDE</flame-bait>). But then I reboot Linux because I start to feel sad...
I don't use OS/2 anymore. I always upgrade, ever since I can open the computer casing by myself. So, I don't have old computer lying around. Beside that, I'm a poor tenager when I bought a legitimate copy OS/2 with my own pocket money. I don't have the luxury of having multiple computer.
In 1998 I saw an article about dual celeron project that lead me to BeOS. I bought BeOS & love it.... and ditch Windows. Unfortunately, Be Incorporated went bankrupt & can't support BeOS anymore. So, I must find replacement OS, because If I want to upgrade (say to Pentium4) in the future or using new hardware, I can't use BeOS anymore. Since it's not supported & no driver for it.
That sounds familiar, too. BeOS never even had the share that OS/2 had, but it was so new and exciting (and of course blindingly fast)! Also still on one of my machines.
;)) I still have the R4, R4.5, R5 CD. But the OS is not on my computer anymore. I want to concentrate using SuSE.
Anyway, I am a proud user of SuSE 7.3 Proffesional.
You made the right choice. SuSE Linux rules, and will only get better. I started with Slackware in '95, and made Linux my primary operating system when I switched to SuSE in '98. I have never been happier with an operating system (not to mention the $thousands it has saved the company I work for).
Could you tell more stories about this. I want to know the acceptance of Linux in the company.