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Didn't stick to the plan
Actually, they couldn't stick to the plan. Microsoft sandbagged them with contract terms IBM had not paid sufficient attention to in the beginning, which gave MS veto power over many of the things IBM would have liked to do, such as support of the full Win32 API. They were also able to restrict what IBM could do with HPFS. IBM's biggest mistakes were all made in their earlier contracts. By '93, it was too late to correct.
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A sad day  WhoIsDaMan | 07/15/05
...but not surprising.  John L. Ries | 07/15/05
That's only part of it  WhoDaMan | 07/15/05
Most people never heard of OS/2. That's IBMs fault.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/15/05
That, and the fact that.....  jgmsys@... | 07/15/05
That's was caused by the lack of advertising and price  voska | 07/15/05
Perhaps the lack of apps written was  Update victim | 07/16/05
That "FTP files" should read "FTP download" (NT)  Update victim | 07/16/05
re: failure to advertise  frgough@... | 07/15/05
Hardware support  WhoDaMan | 07/15/05
I don't cry for IBM  Mark Miller | 07/16/05
Don't forget the cost  voska | 07/15/05
I disagree, and the sysstems were maintained  Update victim | 07/16/05
OS/2 2.0 was a $50 upgrade from Win 3.1 or DOS.  rsteiner@... | 07/18/05
You may haven't seen it but it's still everywhere!  Predrag Vasic | 07/15/05
Agreed  Solid Water | 07/15/05
Lame  quietLee | 07/18/05
Agreed  KOS-MOS | 07/15/05
Didn't stick to the plan  WhoDaMan | 07/15/05
Before OS/2, the only way to  Update victim | 07/16/05
Re: A sad day  mtifo@... | 07/15/05
ZDnet: Fix your RSS Links  nucrash | 07/15/05
fix rss links  vinayd@... | 07/15/05
Link to this page  StanB | 07/16/05
This is news?  jgmsys@... | 07/15/05
demise of OS2  steeleweed | 07/15/05
Yes, they didn't push Token Ring like they could have, but....  jgmsys@... | 07/15/05
With time everything drops in price  LaoziSailor | 07/15/05
A parting snarl.  Anton Philidor | 07/15/05
IBM: International BUSINESS Machines  palmwarrior | 07/15/05
but...  DarbyOhara | 07/18/05
Anton...  Linux User 147560 | 07/16/05
Doing without?  rsteiner@... | 07/18/05
IBM to bury OS/2  Loverock Davidson | 07/15/05
Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and...  Reverend MacFellow | 07/15/05
OS/2's Mission is Accomplished  palmwarrior | 07/15/05
Misdeeds, Misdeeds, Misdeeds  John Zern | 07/15/05
OS/3???? NT and OS/2 were the same  Update victim | 07/16/05
True, but still IBM's fault  John Zern | 07/16/05
I would in part agree on the marketing  Boot_Agnostic | 07/17/05
No, that isn't correct.  rsteiner@... | 07/18/05
I speculate here and say that IBM  michael_t | 07/18/05
Guess the lawsuit money bought an early retirement  Boot_Agnostic | 07/15/05
telling customers to switch to Linux from OS/2  John Zern | 07/15/05
IBM sells Linux machines and services  palmwarrior | 07/15/05
OSX  Boot_Agnostic | 07/15/05
That would require IBM to recommend Apple hardware  vizenos | 07/27/05
Colossal waste  Guy Fawkes | 07/15/05
I don't work for any of them BOB,  Update victim | 07/16/05
Goodby OS/2  mguesto@... | 07/15/05
Duh... OS2 has been dead for years  jpr75_z | 07/15/05
It's still around???  Mark Miller | 07/16/05
IBM ditched consumer support in '97. Seemed pretty dead back then too. IBM  HypnoToad | 07/16/05
!!! Sign the Open Source OS/2 Petition !!!!  evilmind | 07/16/05
IBMSHould open source the os/2 project  xkmail | 07/18/05

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