This is of course patently untrue. If it wasn't for IBM's assistance with
OS/2, WinNT would never have come out when it did and Windows 2000 wouldn't
have been MS's first good OS. OS/2 was light years (Warp speed even! :-))
ahead of Windows NT for a long time. I know I ran a multiline BBS that had a
Fido feed under OS/2, when it wasn't even possible with a Microsoft OS.
If it wasn't for Microsoft choking out all of the competition, we would have
much better OS's right now.
jon
> As far as MS goes, I agree whole heartedly, a lot of their business
tactics
> are deplorable and their prices are inflated. BUT, if it wasn't for them
> NONE of us would be where we are today. The Internet wouldn't be what it
> is, our kid's schools wouldn't have Internet access, desktop PCs would
still
> be running using 286, 386, or 486 processors, and we would most likely be
> having this "conversation" via PcRelay or FIDO on bulletin boards.
>
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