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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9354)	6/20/2000 2:44:00 PM
From: Michael Perrault	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9798

>>>>The reason that MSFT never considered OS/2 a threat is because IBM contracted MSFT to write the OS for them!!! (a lot of people don't realize this).. Although they called it a "partnership at the time.. :0) IBM contracted MSFT to help them develop a fully multi-tasking OS which became OS/2. As I understand it, MSFT had a team of programmers working on the OS/2 memory kernel and that team was not supposed to talk with the team working on the Windows project.But apparently they did since both OS/2 wound up using the same memory 32bit kernel as the basis for their OS'.<<< Hi Ron, Yes, this is my understanding too, but as Windoz development accelerated Microsoft quietly let OS/2 development languish. IBM then took back OS/2 from Microsoft and continued development themselves coming out with OS/2 2.0 around 1990/91 I think. Version 2.1 followed but it was Warp 3.0 where OS/2 (IMO) really began to shine. Had IBM really pushed it I think it could have garnered a substantial market share - especially in that period running up to Win95's release where people were growing tired of Win 3.1. With Warp 3.0 they could have had a REAL operating system plus a more stable platform to run all their Win 3.1 programs. With enough RAM they could run ALL their 3.1 programs at the same time! But...that's all an academic discussion now. Thanks for the OS/2-Windows links. I'll check them out. Michael