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misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 months ago

The real reason OS/2 flopped shaped modern software

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The real reason OS/2 flopped shaped modern software

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misk@sopuli.xyz to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 months ago
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How the OS/2 flop went on to shape modern software
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Even Microsoft's lead architect misunderstood the failure
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    Their ad campaign for warp was memorable. I still remember the Germans nuns going “aus too varp”

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