JD> why it's so expensive...   
    AI> I dunno, I wonder if their customer base is commercial.    
      
   Most likely.   
      
    AI> The first and only version of OS/2 I used was Warp 3 I    
      
   I got a copy of OS/2 2.11 for 20$ back then. :) It was leaps and bounds ahead   
   of DOS/Windows, minus multimedia support. The Workplace Shell was (and still   
   is) a magnificent UI.   
      
    AI> up a sealed box somewhere for $20 when I was in some store so someone else   
    AI> could go shopping. I think that's the best deal I ever got. I ran that   
    AI> version happily for years.   
      
   A great deal indeed.    
      
    AI> the time.. :) Marketing. The Windows marketing crew    
    AI> must be the best in the   
    AI> world. I don't know how they did it but they did. If IBM had of stayed the   
    AI> course I likely would have to but maybe there just wasn't enough in it for   
    AI> them to continue.   
      
   I see it as a market where the first in gets it all. Thus why MS was smart to   
   push Windows, even as buggy as it was. Get some key applications and you're   
   pretty much set forever.   
      
   IBM had more than a fair chance with OS/2. They were just too big and slow to   
   win. Somewhat like MS is now on the mobile market. They have great products   
   but just don't seem to be able to put the smallest dent into Apple's and   
   Google's marketshare.   
      
      
   --- Maximus 3.01   
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