15 Jun
2023
15 Jun
'23
5:48 a.m.
On Jun 14, 2023, at 10:06 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Well, I don't know about the 640KB quote, but he did say that OS/2 (what
was to become Warp 3) had Microsoft's full commitment. (cf "The OS/2
handbook"). At the time he said it, MS was already developing NT and
had not the slightest intention of honoring that statement.
What I also remember is this:
For the developers who paid for the advance copy of the "new OS/2"
(about $3000, IIRC), MS sent out copies of NT 3.1. Under threat of
lawsuit, they relented and refunded the advance payments.
--Chuck
When shipped, Visual Basic v1 stated that it was for Windows and OS/2. I purchased it due
to this. They only included the Windows version.
By the time MS released Windows 95, I had a system running Lotus SmartSuite for OS/2,
which by then was owned by IBM. Lotus SmartSuite was so buggy that I saw the writing on
the wall, and bought my first Mac, a PowerBook 520c. I’m typing this email on a Mac. If
MS had delivered an OS/2 version of Visual Basic, there is a good chance I’d be typing
this on Windows.
Zane