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The real reason OS/2 flopped shaped modern software (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
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[–] humanhorseshoes@mastodon.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@misk I rememeber downgrading IBM machines from OS/2 to Windows 95 and it was a downgrade and a total waste of machines. The driver issues with Windows were a massive pain in the arse.

[–] finley@lemm.ee 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

OS/2 warp had plenty of driver issues of its own at the time.

[–] humanhorseshoes@mastodon.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

@finley yes I know, I worked for IBM

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

Not only driver issues, UI issues. A workmate deleted an image that was being used as a background on the desktop on an office PC, oops presentation manager crashed and it wouldn't boot to a GUI. That was in Warp 3.