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The Sad Parable of OS/2

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-a-flesh-wound dept.

Still-in-Mourning writes "IBM's first 32-bit version of its advanced PC operating system was released 10 years ago this month. It was better than anything around, yet it failed. Its hopes were pinned on many of the same things we hope today will bring Linux to the forefront. What lessons are to be learned? Will we learn them? A glimpse of a sorry chapter in computing history."

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  1. and Windows in an Elevator is a scary thing! by teambpsi · · Score: 5, Funny

    The elevator in our building has a little LCD screen in it that displays time/temp/weather information as well as the individual company names of the floors its on.

    Last week the marquis application crashed and had a blue screen of death on it....NO ONE USED THE ELEVATORS until the building management rebooted the display software and sent out a notice that windows was only used for the marquis, and NOT in the operation of the Otis elevator

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    Old age and treachery almost always overcome youth and skill.