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echo: os2dos
to: STEPHANE BESSETTE
from: SHEPPARD GORDON
date: 1996-10-10 21:34:00
subject: Last Gasp for OS/2?

 TD > The difference being that 90% of OS/2 sales are specific
 TD > requests, while 90% of Win95 sales are merely "what the
 TD > consumer ended up with".
 SG> That's irrelevant to software developers, and largely irrelevant to
 SG> consumers as well.
 SG> After all, if consumers _wanted_ OS/2 they'd buy it. The fact that
 SG> they're overwhelmingly satisfied with what they "ended up with" is
 SG> not good news for IBM, is it.
  > They could be satisfied with what they get because they are
  > repeatedly told that what they get is the best
Maybe, maybe not. But it's still irrelevant to software developers, who
by and large are ignoring OS/2, which then feeds into a dearth of
consumer interest.
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