Subj : Re: OS/2
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Jun 20 2025 09:01:46

  Re: Re: OS/2
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Fri Jun 20 2025 07:28 am

 PF> The problem with OS/2 was that it had a full services arm behind it. I
 PF> often wondered if it wasn't as easy to use/install because IBM was
 PF> expecting to have the customer to have a service contract with IBM.

Did they?  I remember buying a boxed copy of OS/2 at my local Egghead Software and installing it and using it on my PC without a problem.  I didn't need to have a service contract with IBM.

 PF> I don't think it was until the internet came out that people really cared
 PF> about multi-tasking; before that, Windows was really more of a UI for most
 PF> people to run one GUI app at a time.

Still, there could be software running in the background, and without good multi-tasking, the system could be unstable.

Nightfox
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