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  3. September 2003

Re: iSeries (non-) Marketing - part 24,566

Jay Maynard wrote: 
The failure of OS/2 was almost completely IBM's fault. They essentially
didn't market it at all. This, coupled with M$'s muscle, led to PC makers
preinstalling Windows exclusively. (IBm had the power to break that, but
wouldn't use it. Having power and being afraid to use it is worse than not
having power at all, IMAO.)
...

I really don't want to get into a debate on OS/2, and I won't say anything further on OS/2 than this. But I remember OS/2 very well, having used it both at home and at work, long after most others had given up on it. Sure, there were mistakes on IBM's part. But even if they had thrown 10 times as much money into marketing it, I don't think it would have gotten much further than it did.

Cheers! Hans



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