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In article <42ddau$4...@stratus.skypoint.net>, syd...@skypoint.com (Scott
Butler) writes:
>
> Msg-ID: <42ddau$4...@stratus.skypoint.net>
> References: <42b8mm$q...@comet2.magicnet.net>
> Posted: 3 Sep 1995 23:22:06 GMT
>
> Org.  : SkyPoint Communications, Inc.
>
> Hoop (ho...@magicnet.net) wrote:
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> : I agree that OS2 is dead but I don't beleive that it's death came from
> : any fault of IBM or an inferior product. It simply resulted from market
> : share(or lack thereof) which resulted from anti competitive practices
> on
> : the part of MS.
>
> This is a hilariously stupid statement. It's *ALL* IBM's fault that OS/2
> is dead. Are you kidding? VOLUMES have been written about how badly IBM
> has botched things up. I mean, Win95 is *how* late? And IBM utterly
> FAILED to take advantage of that window of opportunity, that FREEBIE,
> that Microsoft left for them. They totally screwed the pooch, from a
> marketing standpoint.
>
> Scott
>


Well if OS/2 is so dead, then explain why it's used with bank machines,
prison's, stores etc etc, and we got quite a few OS/2 run BBS's down here
in British Columbia. I think too many people are BELIEVING the hype about
WIN95 and when something goes wrong when using WIN95, they try to convince
themselves that it was a screwup on thier part, and not on how bad WIN95
is. If Microsoft hadnt paid so many pc makers to have win 3.1 preinstalled,
and now win95 preinstalled, then other companies like IBM would have had a
chance to compete. It's a no win situation, either Microsoft dies or
Microsoft forces all of us to use WIN95 as the industry will doubtlessly
get stupid enough to make WIN95 app's only.