Subj : The Downfall of OS/2
To   : Nightfox
From : Ogg
Date : Sat May 13 2023 07:58:00

Hello Nightfox!

 N> I've heard some reasons why OS/2 failed.  Having it run
 N> Windows 3.x software was a benefit, but that also meant
 N> software developers just made their software for Windows,
 N> resulting in few native OS/2 programs..  Also I think I'd
 N> heard IBM's software development tools were fairly
 N> expensive? And IMO, I don't think IBM marketed or
 N> advertised OS/2 well enough or pushed for it enough to get
 N> installed on OEM PCs.

I embraced OS/2 primarily because it supported existing Win  
programs.  Even my favourite game at the time, Myst, was well  
well supported in Win/OS2 mode.  BUT.. I was raring to proceed  
with native OS/2 and stick with it.

Sadly, there just didn't seem to be enough interest by software  
developers to code OS2 native versions.


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