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MS/IBM joint venture failed through Windows 3.0, which in turn apparently was kickstarted by one person in the company.
by p_l 3y ago
MS/IBM joint venture failed through Windows 3.0, which in turn apparently was kickstarted by one person in the company.
- pjmlp 3y agoYes, if I am not mistaken, this is one of the books that tells which person was it. "Undocumented Windows: A Programmers Guide to Reserved Microsoft Windows Api Functions (The Andrew Schulman Programming Series/Book and Disk" https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/0201608340 https://www.amazon.com/-/de/dp/0201608340 Pity as SOM was much better alternative than COM, and OS/2 in general. However that wasn't the only issue that nailed OS/2's destiny, higher hardware resources and lack of proper management direction from IBM side also played a big role.