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 REQUIRED DATE- OPEN          USER PRIORITY WEIGHT-  75    RANKING-  0053
 DATE RECEIVED- JUN 02, 1997  REQUEST STANDING  - REVIEW   AS OF- JUN 16, 1997
                              TYPE- MOD/IMP

 DESCRIPTION-

        WPS has a lot of potential but it suffers from:

        a.  INI file corruption

        b.  INI file garbage accumulation

        c.  Troubles getting associations (*.txt, Plain Text,
            WordPro, *.gif) to go with what I want.

        d.  Bulk - what does OS/2 use all the memory for?

        e.  INI file - lack of cleaner and efficient archiver.
            The Desktop archiver option takes far too long, uses
            too much disk space, and confuses the WPS (That is,
            multiple Startup Folders, Template folders, ...)
            Ever heard of zip.exe?

        f.  Lack of good software.  Even Word Pro doesn't allow
            you to rename or move a file while it is open.  IBM
            Works (BonusPak) is pretty good at this.

        User interface

        a.  Intuitive means familiar => copy Microsoft and it will
            be intuitive.  This is very important, most people
            don't have time to learn new things.  If you give them
            a choice of two things that both basically work, say
            Win95 and OS/2, they'll choose the one which is more
            familiar because it means less work.

        b.  Microsoft's Control Panel is useful for administrators.
            One knows where to look to configure things.  This is
            not always the case, of course, but it is better than
            setup programs appearing on the desktop and then users
            dropping them who-knows-where and a different place for
            each person.

        c.  SIQ has not been fixed yet.  Keep trying.

        d.  OS/2's networking support is confusing to setup.
            Microsoft obviously put some thought into stepping into
            the network age.  Copy what they have done.  Instead of
            needing separate programs to configure things you just
            go to Control Panel Network.

        ATTRIBUTES:

        MEDIUM Value
        Desired NEXT full release

        Submitted by:

        Oliver Wilcock
        owcher@ibm.net

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