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And those things make OS/2 stand out how exactly? I'm under the impression OS/2 wasn't an attractive OS until 3.0 came along.
by newnewpdro 9y ago
And those things make OS/2 stand out how exactly?
I'm under the impression OS/2 wasn't an attractive OS until 3.0 came along.
- kjs3 9y agoI didn't say that they made OS/2 stand out and I obviously wasn't addressing that. But since you asked, OS/2 1.x and 2.x were reasonably stable, multitasking, networked server operating systems with an advanced (for the time) filesystem and other interesting features. With early versions delivering that on an i286. And there were a couple of (possible) killer apps: Notes, DB2 (on something smaller than an AS/400), etc. You can debate whether it was superior to Novell, Banyan, Xenix or a bunch of other contemporary competitors. It was also a usable though less clearly advanced desktop operating system at the time.