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Installed only on IBM
At least, isn't that what wiped out OS/2?

OS/2 was a great OS, but everyone heard about Windows through marketing and away the lemmings go.

The interesting twist is that Apple's limited hardware base is still getting them more customers. Apple is starting to show up as the first serious contender in more than 15 years.

IBM is pushing more and more with Linux. I remember not long ago when I couldn't buy a server without Windows without some troubles. Now IBM doesn't try to include the OS by default.
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Installed only on IBM  nucrash | 10/21/09
actually no  nothingness | 10/21/09
I ran os/2 ver. 2.2 for a short time  eggmanbubbagee@... | 10/21/09
Yup  WarhavenSC | 10/21/09
OS/2 Warp  chromeronin | 10/22/09
Resonable summary  Fred Fredrickson | 10/21/09
Server?  Salonikios | 10/21/09
maybe ibm is pushing linux but not enough  Quebec-french | 10/21/09
Spit on 7?  NStalnecker | 10/21/09
Because he has no idea what he's writing about.  Sleeper Service | 10/21/09
well on that  Quebec-french | 10/21/09
Really?  Sleeper Service | 10/21/09
keep it to yourself  Quebec-french | 10/21/09
better bite me  Quebec-french | 10/21/09
No one cares, Quebec.  Sleeper Service | 10/22/09
That would be a  Erroneous | 10/21/09
No, it ran on clones also  IT_User | 10/21/09
XP is not a bus  AtlantaTerry | 10/23/09
Surfing Nuns  Bill4 | 10/21/09
Cost of Windows 7 too much  supergryan | 10/21/09
The perfect price  nick.holmes | 10/21/09
Then it's not the "Perfect Price"  jacarter3 | 10/21/09
Wrong word  rarsa | 10/22/09
Eh, sort of...  Larsix | 10/26/09
Monopoly  rdiekema@... | 10/21/09
There is not a monopoly  richardwest | 10/21/09
Spoken like a child...  Bruizer | 10/21/09
Spoken like a linux wannabe  CrashPad | 10/21/09
There was life before the GUI.  Bruizer | 10/21/09
The Osbourne  Erroneous | 10/21/09
Pre 1975?  richardwest | 10/21/09
Didn't say that.  Bruizer | 10/21/09
Well, people buy Windows not because it is better, but, because of lock-in.  DonnieBoy | 10/21/09
If an OS lacks support and software  mdemuth | 10/21/09
Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha...Another good laugh from DonnieBoy...  transposeIT | 10/22/09
Excuse you???  zach.winchester | 10/22/09
Survival of the Fittest. Riiiight....  alex20850 | 10/21/09
Yes, all very true. Microsoft would have been much better of to have just  DonnieBoy | 10/21/09
Not quite right  snberk341 | 10/21/09
Yes, I Do.  mikefarinha | 10/21/09
The other OS vendors have some VERY innovative products, but, the lock-in  DonnieBoy | 10/21/09
RE: Yes, I Do.  rdiekema@... | 10/21/09
Crap.  Sleeper Service | 10/21/09
Monopoly  Erroneous | 10/21/09
You're right  jacarter3 | 10/21/09
Just a piece of info on XP Pro pricing...  zach.winchester | 10/22/09
"When are other OS vendors going to start ..."  jacarter3 | 10/21/09
Re:  dvm | 10/21/09
My opinion of reviews  jacarter3 | 10/22/09
Just in case, you might want to see this  jacarter3 | 10/22/09
Probably never, for you  rahbm | 10/22/09
Yep, so true. But, Win95 was also the last major excitement that MS had.  DonnieBoy | 10/21/09
Donnieboy...  CrashPad | 10/21/09
We are discussing the history of computing, of which MS is a huge part,  DonnieBoy | 10/21/09
I Disagree  gnesterenko | 10/21/09
Win95, excitement, and Windows 7  William_Collins@... | 10/21/09
Re:  dvm | 10/21/09
RE: Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition  mike340t | 10/21/09
Very true, Microsoft's model of selling the OS to all comers WAS a great  DonnieBoy | 10/21/09
Win 95 and OS/2  MaVdb7 | 10/21/09
RE: Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition  bking5@... | 10/21/09
A good article about Microsoft's current predicament.  DonnieBoy | 10/21/09
ZDnet: quit hosing the links pasted into the talkbacks!!!  DonnieBoy | 10/21/09
Good point in that link  gnesterenko | 10/21/09
I was there  frgough | 10/21/09
Windows95 stole large portions of the Mac OS  johnpall@... | 10/21/09
Windows 95 hummm  The Management consultant | 10/21/09
No people buy in keeping up with their work and neighbors  Boot_Agnostic | 10/21/09
I was there (too)  dave_helmut | 10/21/09
it's not that the Mac OS "can't" be installed on non-Apple equipment, just  wessonjoe | 10/21/09
I was able to teach my wife & kids Windows 95  LarryPTL | 10/21/09
RE: Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition  William_Collins@... | 10/21/09
That's not the way I see it...  Larsix | 10/22/09
RE: Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition  scrupulous | 10/25/09

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