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Message   Talal Ghosheh    Neil J Marshall   Re: [VirtualNET open?]...   July 19, 1995
 2:04 PM *  

Re: Re: [VirtualNET open?]...

> I recall, many years ago, when Roland told me of his plans to release an OS/2
> version, that I told him he should do a Windows version first, because far
> more people use Windows than OS/2. I and the other utility developers were
> almost all uninterested in starting work on OS/2 versions.
> When he wouldn't change his mind, I then offered to develop a Windows version
> in parallel to his development of an OS/2 version, so he could release Window
> and OS/2 versions at the same time, but he rejected that offer too.
> Now, we see the consequences. An OS/2 version that can't compete with the DOS
> version because none of the utilities that make the complete VBBS "package" s
> great are available in OS/2, and still no Windows version.

I see your point, but I'd also like to add that the PCBoard folks made a
native OS/2 version of their software and not a windows version, but yet they
made a local message base reader for windows.

Weird marketing strategy eh?

Talal

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