V K wrote: > > One could argue that IBM blew it :) > Even now I do not exactly get the impression that IBM is interested in > taking on Microsoft. Megabigservers maybe, but that's not exactly MS's > core business. I don't see IBM offering anything up to scratch on the > desktop market (yet anyway, tendency steeply downhill). Of course I'd > like to be put right...
I always felt there was more to this than met the eye. IBM "pulled support" for OS/2 at a very critical time if you consider Judge Jackson's findings; right at the critical moment, there was no commercial competition to winders. Up to last year, you could still purchase OS/2 and updates are still freely available from IBM... Adrian
