Personal Note

Finally, another subjective thesis:

If IBM had managed to push an affordable compiler into the market just three years earlier, OS/2 would be better positioned today.

At least for me, not programming OS/2 was not due to a lack of interest, but a lack of money. Both the freeware/shareware and the commercial market could have been WAY more vital with a "Turbo Pascal for OS/2". But this problem just matches the general problems with OS/2: the best technology around, but no interest in the mass market. :-(

BTW, some consolation for depressed OS/2 users can be found on the most excellent web page "OS/2 Headquarters" by Tom Nadeau at http://www.mindspring.com/~os2headquarters/ with the two excellent, witty series "Understanding Microsoft" and "Understanding IBM", plus more.

"Then was the land filled with the sound of much wailing and gnashing of teeth, for millions of people used OS/2 and knew that it was good. Yet the Lizard did harden his heart against them, and said, Nay, there is no demand for it."
Found at: http://www.gate.net/~shipbrk/mozilla.html

"Then was the land filled with the sound of much wailing and gnashing of teeth, for millions of people used OS/2 and knew that it was good. Yet the Lizard did harden his heart against them, and said, Nay, there is no demand for it." Found at: http://www.gate.net/~shipbrk/mozilla.html

"Then was the land filled with the sound of much wailing and gnashing of teeth, for millions of people used OS/2 and knew that it was good. Yet the Lizard did harden his heart against them, and said, Nay, there is no demand for it."
Found at: http://www.gate.net/~shipbrk/mozilla.html