Fifty Reasons


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50 Reasons To Use OS/2 2.1
 * 1) Preemptive Multitasking.
 * 2) 32-bit Operating System
 * 3) DOS and Windows 3.1 Support
 * 4) Better memory management than both DOS and Windows 3.1 combined.
 * 5) Built-in programming language REXX.
 * 6) More customizable than Windows
 * 7) Doesn't need DOS to run.  Does away with DOS overhead.
 * 8) Faster printing than Windows 3.1
 * 9) Crash Protection
 * 10) Good networking capabilities
 * 11) Virus resistant
 * 12) Choice of FAT or HPFS file system
 * 13) HPFS is faster than FAT
 * 14) A new release of OS/2 at least once a year.
 * 15) OS/2 2.1 is currently outselling Windows 3.1
 * 16) There will most likely be an OS/2 for CHICAGO in the future.
 * 17) Comes with plenty of productive applications
 * 18) OS/2 has a great BBS for its support.  (919)517-0001
 * 19) Each session in OS/2 is separate from the other, therefore providing "true" crash protection.
 * 20) IBM has included full support for the handicapped in OS/2 2.1
 * 21) Good multimedia software included
 * 22) Runs any DOS and Windows programs
 * 23) Lots of good-looking bitmaps for background.
 * 24) OS/2 uses virtual memory, which means more memory than you actually have on your system.
 * 25) A full line of Lotus(tm) products. (IBM just renewed their contract with Lotus.)
 * 26) Power PC support, which OS/2 will eventually be the main operating system of the Power PC.
 * 27) Better security than Windows 3.1
 * 28) OS/2 was here before Windows was.
 * 29) OS/2 2.1 has won "Operating System Of The Year" award by all the major trade magazines.
 * 30) The design of OS/2 is very productive, and has been proven more productive than Windows in lab tests by all the major computer magazines.
 * 31) Support For Micro Channel Architecture.
 * 32) Support For PCMCIA
 * 33) Team OS/2 is a good organization for OS/2 advocacy.
 * 34) Has a good solitaire and chess program.(both with cheat features)
 * 35) 2.88 mb disk drive support
 * 36) Corel Draw for OS/2
 * 37) Norton Commander For OS/2
 * 38) Gammatech Utilities for OS/2 HPFS & FAT (like Norton Utilities)
 * 39) Lots of good shareware for OS/2
 * 40) Full 16450 and 16550 support.
 * 41) Faster communications under OS/2 than under DOS or Windows
 * 42) Good floptical disk support.
 * 43) It's a better, more secure programming platform than Windows 3.1
 * 44) OS/2 does all its own caching, giving itself more control over your system.
 * 45) Run winapps seamlessly from the desktop.
 * 46) More international support for OS/2 because of all of IBM's locations.
 * 47) OS/2=Three For The Price Of One
 * 48) Stacker For OS/2
 * 49) Borland C++ For OS/2
 * 50) The OS/2 logo just looks nice!