Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: New to Linux

No. I think he should try Kubuntu. But OS/2 was better then Windows and will
always be so. Just like Linux.

david

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:55 PM, c beck <usabecker@gmail.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> On Jul 26, 2011 10:24 AM, "dvdpst" <dvdposton@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yes. Microsoft gave up on OS/2 after Windows took off. But OS/2 was an
> IBM
> > idea. And I still say that if IBM had built and marketed OS/2 madly, It
> > would had put Windows out of business. OS/2 was so much better than
> Windows.
> >
> > david
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Robert C Wittig <
> > wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > > **
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/25/2011 8:22 PM, dvdpst wrote:
> > >
> > > > Oh Robert. Another clue that made me think you never ran OS/2 was
> > > MICROSOFT
> > > > never made it. IBM DID.
> > > >
> > > > david
> > >
>
> So you two really think the OP should be putting OS/2 on his modern think
> pad? Seems a bit of an odd suggestion for someone wanting to experience
> linux for the first time, eh?
>
> cheers,
> Chris
>
>
> >
> > >
>
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