Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: New to Linux

Oh Robert. Another clue that made me think you never ran OS/2 was MICROSOFT
never made it. IBM DID.

david

On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Robert C Wittig <
wittig.robert@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> **
>
>
> On 7/25/2011 9:59 AM, dvdpst wrote:
> > Robert. OS/2 is not dead. It has been bought by another company and
> rename.
> > If you had used OS/2 you would know that.
> >
> > david
> >
>
> I ran OS/2 for several years, through v.4 and was aware that it was
> abandoned by Microsoft and re-branded. I liked it because it was a 32
> bit OS, which was a big deal at the time. I still have an OS/2 hat lying
> around somewhere.
>
> After Microsoft abandoned it, the selling price on eBay for complete v.4
> installs skyrocketed, and I sold my copy.
>
> By then, 32 bit OS's was the standard.
>
>
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