Re: Perl (was: text equation

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Simon wrote:
>And I think you meant "tens of thousands" of OS/2 users  :)  Although we
>are fewer in number than the Windoze crowd, we are significantly happier
>with our choice of OS!  And we'd be quite happy to welcome any recovering
>Windoze addicts back to the fold.

I don't want to beat up on OS/2, but although there may still
be "tens of thousands" of OS/2 users, Roger's number may more
accurately reflect the number of AS/400 people using OS/2.

Even I, once a big OS/2 fan, now use WNT here at work.  I don't
like it, but it does have all the most current tools.  And as
some of you may have noticed from my notes, at home I use Linux.
I still occasionally boot up OS/2 for a few things, but Linux is
my primary home workstation.

Do I have a point here?  Well, yes.  Considering the current
climate, if you want an alternative to Windows (and who
doesn't?), you'd be much better off asking for workstation
tools (like VARPG) on Linux.  Unlike OS/2, Linux is hot these
days.  Even management here is beginning to take notice!

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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