4 Nov
2006
4 Nov
'06
21:22
On 2006-11-04 07:39, Xiaofeng Zhao wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug McGarrett"
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try and clear the air, or perhaps IBM--but I doubt that IBM has the interest--after all, they let their own OS/2 die. No, if Microsoft
The outcome will be no different if IBM decided to sue Microsoft over OS/2.
OS/2 is irrelevant in the present discussion. IBM's decision to dump OS/2 was made by the marketing division, who apparently still believe that the mainframe is the last word in computer resources (after all, IBM did dump its PC division). Moreover, OS/2 was originally jointly developed by IBM and Microsoft -- OS/2 is what IBM thought it should be, while Windows 3.1 and its successors are what Microsoft wanted it to be.