Tom Duerbusch wrote:
What if, that didn't happen?
IBM *gave* Gates that licensing power. They didn't want to have the mess of dealing with consumer software. Gates was willing to grovel in the mud for dollars. He knew what he was doing.
Would OS/2 have been the NT of the world?
Would Strong Bad be king of town if it weren't for Homestar Runner? :-) Linux and BSD have gone way beyond where OS/2 was or would ever have gone. Now IBM champions open source. Le roi est mort. Vive le roi! -- Jack J. Woehr # "I never played fast and loose with the PO Box 51, Golden, CO 80402 # Constitution. Never did and never will." http://www.well.com/~jax # - Harry S Truman
