On (30 Jun 96) SAM EWALT wrote to BILL WOLFF...
Hi Sam,
 SE> One Geos related question. How come none of the standard histories
 SE> that I'm reading even mention Geos? They go into great detail
 SE> about GEM, Topview, Viewmax, DESQ, Desqview and various other
 SE> windowing environments designed to run on top of DOS that were in
 SE> competition with Windows during the 1980's but there is no
 SE> mention of Geos anywhere. Were they just out of it from the
 SE> begining or what?
Beats Me!  I saw PC World magazines of '91/'92 vintage that had very
nice advertisements of Geoworks 1.0.  It was favorably reviewed as well
 SE> When was Geoworks introduced ?  And did it ever have a shot at
 SE> being sucessful?
They had about the same chance as a snowball in the infernal regions.
Remember, that was the same time Bill Gates' illegal marketing scheme
was in full force.  Why would someone want to go against Microsoft given
the contract details that forced them to pay Microsoft for all machines
they made regardless of whether or not they used Microsoft DOS/Windows
or not?  What incentive was there for manufacturers to offer any
alternative?  How could little Geoworks (then Berkeley Softworks)
compete in that type of environment?
I am a great believer that such arrogance cannot continue.  Bill Gates
has not made a great deal of friends among his competitors.  One day,
the tide will turn.
TTYL,
Stephen
Team OS/2     OS/2 & Geoworks Ensemble - What a combo!
slhaffly@bora.dacom.co.kr    FIDO 6:760/4.3
... Proverbs 3:5 | ... and lean not unto thine own understanding.
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