RE: Microsoft thwarted again

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

They tried that with NT.  Large full page ads about how NT stood for Nice 
Try and how OS/2 had all that, and was more reliable.  Not that I believed 
that.  Most every demo I saw the OS/2 blew up.

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>I think it is a *very* valid comparison between M$ and *GNU/Linux*. 
>If Intel-based GNU/Linux distributions had been available at the 
>same time that Micro$oft was starting up, I doubt that Micro$oft 
>would still be in existence.

If IBM had marketed OS/2 as "Everything Windows/95 Wants To Be-- 
Without The Wait," Windoze/95 wouldn't have had a chance!

--Paul E musselman
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