IBM did try to put the toothpaste back in the tube with PS/2 and OS/2 and especially with microchannel. The price points on those things were hard for most peo

IBM did try to put the toothpaste back in the tube with PS/2 and OS/2 and especially with microchannel. The price points on those things were hard for most people to stomach. That reverse engineering white room case changed the landscape. Everything was bundled and IBM sliced it as fine as they could. I was looking to get a TCP stack for OS/2 at one point they quoted me something like 20k for a single seat licence as you needed the whole stack to make it work right. It was clear they wanted the business market and nothing else, with negotiated contracts all around. The hobby market had to go make their own. IBM had its own walled garden before that case. They milked it for all it was good for too.