Subj : Re: Still using OS/2?
To : Alan Ianson
From : Jean-Claude Dumas
Date : Thu Jul 30 2015 05:37 pm
JD> why it's so expensive...
AI> I dunno, I wonder if their customer base is commercial.
Most likely.
AI> The first and only version of OS/2 I used was Warp 3 I
I got a copy of OS/2 2.11 for 20$ back then. :) It was leaps and bounds ahead
of DOS/Windows, minus multimedia support. The Workplace Shell was (and still
is) a magnificent UI.
AI> up a sealed box somewhere for $20 when I was in some store so someone else
AI> could go shopping. I think that's the best deal I ever got. I ran that
AI> version happily for years.
A great deal indeed.
AI> the time.. :) Marketing. The Windows marketing crew
AI> must be the best in the
AI> world. I don't know how they did it but they did. If IBM had of stayed the
AI> course I likely would have to but maybe there just wasn't enough in it for
AI> them to continue.
I see it as a market where the first in gets it all. Thus why MS was smart to
push Windows, even as buggy as it was. Get some key applications and you're
pretty much set forever.
IBM had more than a fair chance with OS/2. They were just too big and slow to
win. Somewhat like MS is now on the mobile market. They have great products but
just don't seem to be able to put the smallest dent into Apple's and Google's
marketshare.
