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To: Mike Van Winkle who wrote (140757)	8/27/1999 1:30:00 PM
From: John Koligman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 176387

Mike, You make a good point that the best tech does not always win. Microsoft is a perfect example in the operating systems area. It was quite well known that IBM's OS/2 was superior to Windows in many respects (like reliability, true 32 bit design, etc), but we all know what occurred. I heard that IBM spent more that 1B on OS/2. I used to run both operating systems at home and OS/2 did not crash like Windows, was faster, etc. However, each time I was in the market for a new PC attached device, I had to be sure drivers were available for OS/2. Today, it's a moot point. In some ways that is too bad, because consumers would benefit from some competition here. Look at what happened with MPU pricing once AMD took a chunk of the retail market.... Best regards, John