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misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 months ago

The real reason OS/2 flopped shaped modern software

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The real reason OS/2 flopped shaped modern software

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misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 months ago
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How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software
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Even Microsoft's lead architect misunderstood the failure
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    @misk I rememeber downgrading IBM machines from OS/2 to Windows 95 and it was a downgrade and a total waste of machines. The driver issues with Windows were a massive pain in the arse.

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        Not only driver issues, UI issues. A workmate deleted an image that was being used as a background on the desktop on an office PC, oops presentation manager crashed and it wouldn’t boot to a GUI. That was in Warp 3.

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        @finley yes I know, I worked for IBM

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