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Microsoft OS/2

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Calum:
somebody recently said on these forums that there was no 'microsoft OS/2'. well according to this site, there was. Just posting it to see what the thoughts are of the people...


--- Quote ---OS/2 was originally developed as a combined effort between Microsoft and IBM and first released in 1987.  Both IBM and Microsoft both released versions branded in their own names. OS/2 1.x was a 16-bit OS designed to run on the 80286.
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flap:
I think Void Main was just saying that MS never *developed* OS/2 on their own i.e. IBM was there from the start.

Calum:
oh. well i thought it meant that they both worked to create the same OS, when actually it looks like they used each other's data to make seperate but very similar OSs.

hm_murdock:
that's about the size of it.

MS used OS/2 to build NT. They mixed it with some VMS and some of their own crap, then got Dave Cutler who also worked on Mach with Avie Tavinion to make a kernel that didn't suck so bad.

Oh, oops. I don't think something worked. It still sucks.

choasforages:
in the beginning, their was a good os, working and being well. soon management steps in and adds everything and i mean that kitchen sink too. and then it wasn't a good os

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