That's more then you would imagine.
It has more games then Linux or any other OS except Windows. It has more drivers then any other OS except Windows.
In my opinion it's because OS/2 is boring.
Once you've managed the struggle of installing and troubleshooting the OS it's ready to use. No need to fiddle with it anymore, just turn it on and work with it until you turn it off. You can't have better in the professional sector, like ATM's, financial market, insurance and other sectors. They hate computers that crash.
Normal users like computers that need fiddling and restarting all the time, then they have something to do. Ask someone that tries to learn an OS, they want problems, because the only way to learn about computing is by solving problems. I notice it with myself too, my OS/2 server runs fine, so boring, that I start with other OS'ses and see how they work, just for the fun of it. But I keep coming back to OS/2 for stability.
Get the picture here? OS/2 should have a button that you could press and it would start random problems. Linux and Windows have this built in, as you never know what they will do next. Then you could start messing with the OS again to get it all working again. Another OS/2 problem is the lack of virii, we really need them, it gives you something to do, either to prevent them or trying to remove them all the time. All this is what makes a computer interesting for a normal user, it's time we get this on OS/2 too.
Just my opinion, but OS/2 should have more problems while running it.
Bas Heijermans has been
using computers for 24 years - since he was 12. Bas lives in Belgium and has used
OS/2 since version 1.1. He ran The OS/2 BBS and is the Belgium OS/2 Fido moderator.
IBM awarded him Official OS/2 Ambassidor in 1992 for his support efforts.
Today he repairs computers for a living.
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