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I think people blaming OS/2's failure surely on Microsoft are missing the point that IBM grossly mismanaged the project.
by irusensei 2y ago
I think people blaming OS/2's failure surely on Microsoft are missing the point that IBM grossly mismanaged the project.
- martiniturbide 2y agoI think it is both. IBM may missed the point in a big way. They were an slow corporation to market an OS home product. The PC became a home product and IBM was not ready to be on that kind of circus. But don't underestimate Microsoft. They went very hard to market Windows as home product and also as a server in corporations. But they also did some shady stuff. Read: https://www.quora.com/Why-did-IBMs-OS-2-project-lose-to-Microsoft-given-that-IBM-had-much-more-resources-than-Microsoft-at-that-time https://www.quora.com/Why-did-IBMs-OS-2-project-lose-to-Micr... And later with open source: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents That's why young people today, don't understand older guys from the 90's that hate Microsoft. Microsoft was really evil that decade.
- CRConrad 2y ago"That decade"? Can't say I've seen any actual signs of change in that.