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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