alt Hacker NewsI got complicated feelings about that. He did help pave the way for Linux, but he also killed OS/2.
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silon42 • today at 9:48 AM
Yeah, I remember switching from OS/2 to Linux when OS/2 was more or less abandoned.
I got complicated feelings about that. He did help pave the way for Linux, but he also killed OS/2.
Yeah, I remember switching from OS/2 to Linux when OS/2 was more or less abandoned.
OS/2 never had a chance. I was working at Radio Shack at the time that IBM was trying to sell Aptivas with OS/2. No one wanted it.
It was just weird to people. Microsoft did a big consumer push for Windows 95 and there were lines to buy it and Bill Gates promoted it on the Jay Leno show.
Windows 95 almost killed Apple.