christian,comp.os.os2.advocacy,talk.politics.guns
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Kelsey Bjarnason wrote in
news:k5di6h$eff$2@dont-email.me:
> On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:59:02 +0000, Kirby Grant wrote:
>
>> On 9-Oct-2012, wrote at alt.atheism:
>>
>>> "Kirby Grant" writes:
>>>
>>> 1> Newsgroups:
>>>
> alt.atheism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.religion.christian,comp.os.os2.a
> dvocacy,talk.politics.guns
>>>
>>> 1> But just like monkeys, the Republicans can be made to wear
>>> diapers. While it 1> is true that there is an advantage to monkeys
>>> since they work for peanuts,
>>> 1> at least you can tell the Repubicans to pick up their banana
>>> peels instead 1> of letting the lie around.
>>>
>>> What does your poor spelling have to do with OS/2, Grant?
>>
>> Well, your insistance in having OS/2 as a topic shows your vast
>> ignorance. OS/2 has not been a factor in anything for many years. It
>> was a playtoy for a few geeks but never caught on because it was so
>> poorly designed.
>
> Actually, it was very well designed. What caused its downfall was a
> combination of being essentially sabotaged, then the delays caused by
> that to out-market it.
>
> 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.
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