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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 1997 16:21:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>
To: "Larry S. Marso" <lsmarso@panix.com>
cc: Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: OS/2 users going to FreeBSD?  :-)
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On Wed, 18 Jun 1997, Larry S. Marso wrote:

> I'm one of them, too (after a brief tour of Linux-land).  OS/2 has a
> superior object oriented GUI, the server for which is multithreaded; X
> servers are not! (ready to receive technical FLAME if I'm mistaken).
> But I actually prefer off-the-shelf UNIX apps.  

I am one of those as well.  OS/2's GUI is awesomely built.  Too bad IBM
hired their own marketing staff to sell it.

Jamie Bowden

System Administrator, iTRiBE.net