Exactly: it depends on what you mean by "better". OS/2 had a much more modern basis, but: * it was painful to program compared to Windows * it required a lot

Exactly: it depends on what you mean by "better". OS/2 had a much more modern basis, but: * it was painful to program compared to Windows * it required a lot more hardware (and thus money) to achieve the same level of performance. * the UI was terrible