From: w-clairl Thu Jul 25 19:46:22 1991
To: billg; bradsi; jimail; jonl; mikehal; paulma; richab; russw; scotto;
steveb;
Cc: billmi; cameronm; carls; garygi; julieg; martyta; makemap; rogersw;
w-clairl; w-pamed
Subject: StevB press tour trip report (long mail)
Date Thu Jul 25 19:33:28 1991
4. The demos of OS/2 were excellent, crashing the system had the
intended effect -- to FUD OS/2 2.0. People paid attention to the demo
and were often supprised to our favor. Steve positioned it as --OS/2 not
"bad" but that from a performance and "robustness" standpoint, it is NOT
better than Windows. We know the design point, we know what's in it.
Forrester Research is publishing a bullitin tomorrow that says "Ballber
exploded some"myths" about OS/2: It doesn't run Windows applications
presently, it's not bullit proof and dependable -- MS was able to
demonstrate several instances of OS/2 crashing!
http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011107/PX_0860.pdf
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