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Robert Dewar:

> Yes well not crashing "so much" is a reasonable criterion
> in the Windows world, but in the world of reliable
> operating systems (e.g. OS/2) crashes are rare or non-existant
> no matter what you are doing.

Maybe there is not enough bad software that make it crash.
Is there something like Norton Antivirus (in "active" mode) that
lowers the system's reliability almost like a real virus ?...

> Now not everyone needs this
> reliability, but it is not suprising that OS/2 tends to be
> the OS of choice for PC driven ATM's over windows for example.

The nice thing for OS/2 would be to add the Win32 compatibility.
A friend told me there is Win-OS/2 that emulates Windows 16-bit
with half the code, but what about Win32 ?

G.



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