Subj : The Downfall of OS/2
To   : Digital Man
From : Ogg
Date : Sun May 14 2023 07:26 am

Hello Digital Man!

 DM> This software developer did write an OS/2 native version (of Synchronet),
 DM> but it was met with a `phft'. I hitched my wagon to the wrong horse that
 DM> time. --
 DM>                                             digital man (rob)

I didn't quite dig in to the issues of OS/2's lack of adoption.  
But I thought Win/OS2 was a wonderful world to play with.  The  
idea was to phase out Win stuff in favour of OS2 stuff, if  
possible. But if not, it was cool to be able to run Win stuff  
if necessary.

 DM> Rush quote #34:
 DM> We go out in the world take our chances fate's just the
 DM> weight of circumstances

And that can be said for anything, including OS2. But there were clearly other forces at play too.

I remember seeing RedSpine OS/2 reduced to $35 at Costco and  
thinking.. "why isn't that flying off the shelf?"   The public  
(ie existing Win users or a firstime computer buyer) was simply  
not convinced that they needed OS2.  The ads seemed to go well,  
ie Warp 3, but the campaign fizzled out.


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