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2005/07/11

Breve storia di OS/2, l’occasione mancata dell’informatica

A Short History of OS/2 una cronologia del'evoluzione di OS/2, il sistema operativo che doveva essere una vera rivoluzione ma che fu soffocato nella culla da Microsoft. Leggere le specifiche tecniche e piangere.

Anche IBM non ci fa una gran bella figura:

"IBM expected to sell about 275,000 Personal Computers - over a five year product life. in fact, IBM sold almost that many on August 11, the day before the official announcement. IBM held a preannouncement showing of the PC in Toronto at the annual ComputerLand Dealers of North America conference. ComputerLand dealers placed orders for nearly 250,000 computers that day. On August 12, IBM took orders for almost 250,000 more Personal Computers. IBM's planners have not been correct since."