Flashback 14: OS/2
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In an effort to keep Microsoft from controlling the PC software industry, in the 1980s, IBM created OS/2, an operating system meant to give its computers a competitive advantage. Unable to do this alone, Big Blue turned to an unlikely company to help build it.
In an effort to keep Microsoft from controlling the PC software industry, in the 1980s, IBM created OS/2, an operating system meant to give its computers a competitive advantage. Unable to do this alone, Big Blue turned to an unlikely company to help build it.
Links and Show Notes: Half an operating system: The triumph and tragedy of OS/2 | Ars Technica Workplace OS History: IBM’s $2 Billion Microkernel of Failure WinCustomize: Articles : A History of IBM OS/2: 1991 to 1996 OS/2 Timeline | OS/2 Museum 86-DOS - Wikipedia IBM Personal System/2 - Wikipedia The Forgotten Operating System That Keeps the NYC Subway System Alive Home - Arca Noae OS/2 Warp News and Rumors Flashback #2: The Microsoft Zune - Relay FM Microsoft's $1 Billion Failure - Snazzy Labs - YouTube