OS/2 positioned itself as a "better Windows than Windows". It could run Win16 applications, but its kernel was more stable. This is exactly the same argument with Linux/Wine. Unfortunately, Win32 is more difficult to clone. It's a moving target. By blurring the line between OS and application DLLs, Microsoft makes Win32 a mess, but it's a mess that Microsoft owns and no one else can easily clone..
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OS/2 positioned itself as a "better Windows than Windows". It could run Win16 applications, but its kernel was more stable. This is exactly the same argument with Linux/Wine. Unfortunately, Win32 is more difficult to clone. It's a moving target. By blurring the line between OS and application DLLs, Microsoft makes Win32 a mess, but it's a mess that Microsoft owns and no one else can easily clone..