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From: fgm@unixg.ubc.ca (francis)
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Subject: Re: *** PLEASE TAKE THIS OS SURVEY ***
Date: 13 Mar 1996 06:23:52 GMT
Organization: Creative Computer Solutions - Team OS/2 Canada
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1.) What Operating System/Environment do you most frequently use?
OS/2, for four years now.
2.) What Operating System/Environment do you feel is the most User Friendly?
MacOS is probably the most friendly, but OS/2 is definitely more powerful.
3.) Have you ever had a crash on your computer, that was blamed, or the
fault of the OS/OE, if so.. which system/environment was the cause?
before OS/2, i used Windows and it crashed at least several times/week.
OS/2 rarely crashes. i haven't had a system crash in...let's see, it's been
at least several months, and my computer is ON 24 hrs/day. however,
OS/2 is infamous for its SIQ (single input queue) which occasionally
gets blocked by an errant process, which effectively prevents the
user from interacting with the desktop, even though all processes
continue to run unaffected. most of the time, OS/2 will detect the
blocked SIQ and give the option to terminate the offending process,
but sometimes OS/2 has to be forced to clear the SIQ with the Ctrl-Esc
sequence, which usually does the trick. it is very rare for OS/2
to just die, like Windows or MacOS might do. if the hardware is
stable, then OS/2 is rock solid, in my experience.
-- !
fm __o team OS/2 canada
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