Hmmm, I dunno I stopped reading where the author stated that Linux has reached the same level of popularity as OS2. That should be questionable. I don't think OS2 ever reached any saturation point in the market.
Indeed. IMHO OS/2 didn't so much as die, but was actively targeted killed off by anti-competitive behaviour from "another" software vendor. It was ahead of its time and Billy knew it would kill his world domination plans if it ever reached "critical mass".....sound familiar? ;)
OS/2 was a far superior platform than other GUI-based OS'es of the time and years ahead of NT. Pity it never had a chance to get any real market penetration - it was a pleasure to use compared to the Wfw/3.11 of the day.
I haven't read the OP's article but I think Linux has far more penetration on many different levels than OS/2 ever did; desktop, embedded, server room etc. To compare the demise of OS/2 with Linux as a prescriptive of Linux's fate is naive at best. Linux and OS/2 are chalk and cheese from a technological and developmental standpoint. Linux can grow and shrink, wrap and morph it's way around many different problems; something neither OS/2 or many mainstream OS'es of today can do.
Just my $0.02 worth - I'll crawl back under my rock now.
--James
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