Subj : Re: 386 OS/2 Woes...
To   : Vorlon
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sun Apr 30 2023 10:48:00

-=> Vorlon wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-

 PF> I picked the same apps under DOS, with the intention of eventually
 PF> moving to OS/2...

 Vo> That was one of the reasons that OS/2 apps didn't take over more...
 Vo> People just ran the DOS verions of the programs, after changing to the
 Vo> OS.

I'd heard that Microsoft made it very easy for developers to get SDKs
and develop on Windows, whereas OS/2 development tools were pricy and
harder to get. That seemed to jibe with what I'd heard.

 Vo> They made the DOS compatability so good that it was like shooting them
 Vo> self in the foot. If the split between IBM/MS didn't happen, we would
 Vo> mostly be running OS/2 now.

I didn't think it was DOS support so much that hampered them, by the
time GUI apps rolled around Windows got them first. The OS/2 graphical
app market felt like the B team of apps, or names that were associated
with corporate IT, like Lotus and WordPerfect.

 Vo> The fact that Windoes 2000 could do that shows how much of the code MS
 Vo> took from the joint venture.

I'd wished you could add OS/2 support to modern OSes - imagine being
able to natively run OS/2 BBS console binaries today.







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