christian,comp.os.os2.advocacy,talk.politics.guns   
   1.30.09.217349@somewhere.invalid> <83gds.2883$Ol3.1640@fe09.iad>   
       
   <2IudnQaE8_xD1ebNnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d@giganews.com>   
   linuxgal  wrote in   
   news:2IudnQaE8_xD1ebNnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d@giganews.com:    
      
   > RD Sandman wrote:   
   >> Kelsey Bjarnason  wrote in   
   >> news:k5di6h$eff$2@dont-email.me:   
   >>   
   >>> If it weren't for some truly slimy, underhanded corporate   
   >>> shenanigans, OS/2 would likely be a very viable option today.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> One of the biggest things that killed it was a lack of a killer ap.    
   >> That and some of the joint development money that went to MS was used   
   >> on Windows rather than some of the OS/2 stuff it was to be directed   
   >> to.    
   >>   
   >    
   > A killer ap helps, but it's not enough.  Apple II had Visicalc, but    
   > Lotus 1-2-3 was better, Word Perfect was perfect, and so MS-DOS became   
   > de rigeur for business.   
      
   Keep in mind that there were two different versions of DOS as that    
   operating system was a joint development with IBM developing one level,    
   MS the next and so on.     
      
   One also contained Basic and the other one didn't.  One was to run on    
   IBM-PCs and one was to run on all the rest.  Big mistake, IMHO.  Another    
   thing that hurt OS/2 was the confusion with PS/2.  Too many people    
   thought that was the only system OS2 would run on, yet, the main    
   difference was simply the channel architecture.  PC used the common bus    
   that was in the clones and PS/2 used Microchannel.   
      
     Excel was born on the Mac.  Windows 3.1 WAS   
   > the killer app, with WYSIWYG printing,   
      
   Win 3.0 sucked.   
      
    the Lotus port was an   
   > afterthought. Netscape got big right around the time Eternal September   
   > rolled around and Microsoft deliberately ran them out of town.  So   
   > it's a combination of a killer ap, a good user interface, and   
   > underhanded business practices.    
      
   Yep, although MS was not the only game in town with a good WSIWYG.    
      
      
      
   --    
      
   Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be President,    
      
   And anyone who doesn't grow up can be Vice President.   
      
      
   Sleep well, tonight.....   
      
   RD (The Sandman)   
      
   --- MBSE BBS v0.95.15 (GNU/Linux-i386)   
    * Origin: Omicron Theta | Memphis TN | fpsoft.net (1:116/18@fidonet)