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To: gbh who wrote (47088)	2/14/1999 9:15:00 PM
From: Earlie	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Gary: I didn't compare AT&T with MSFT. I said that your statement sounded exactly like those spoken before Judge Greene lowered the boom on AT&T. The press has suggested that a breakup is being considered. I made several calls to see if there was any foundation to the speculation. There is. Been in the game since 1984, so have some passing familiarity with the O.S. machinations. Best, Earlie

To: gbh who wrote (47088)	2/14/1999 10:59:00 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

(...MSFT was actually the big underdog with Windows. OS/2, introduced in 1987, was a technically superior solution until Windows 3.1 was introduced in 1993...) My recollection differs significantly, but is not necessarily the final word. OS/2 was always far superior to W3.1, but OS/2 was a joint development of IBM and Microsoft, and MS waited until the crucial moment to sabotage it. The means of sabotage was to deliberately develop Windows so as to make it incompatible with the current version that OS/2 could handle and refuse to allow IBM access to the new code. With no ongoing Windows future compatibility, OS/2 was dead as a doornail as a broadly accepted system. Regards, Don