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 ml>> actually, IBM hasn't been pushing OS/2 for several reasons... one
 ml>> of the first being the high cost of enduser suppport... IBM has
 ml>> always made their money in corporate support and endusers aren't
 ml>> going to pay like that...

 A well made product requires much less end user support. Which
 is why most software requires a lot.

 ml>> another reason was m$'s threats to disallow IBM to market windows
 ml>> on IBM machines... those two are the major ones...

 MS did have a habit of trying to enforce anti-competitive
 practices. Which they have gotten singed for. Not singed enough
 to stop them, though.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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