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| From | Lynn Wheeler <lynn@garlic.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: The Fall Of OS/2 |
| Date | 2024-10-06 09:08 -1000 |
| Organization | Wheeler&Wheeler |
| Message-ID | <871q0taw1i.fsf@localhost> (permalink) |
| References | <vdslo9$ukl1$1@dont-email.me> <memo.20241006101033.19028R@jgd.cix.co.uk> |
jgd@cix.co.uk (John Dallman) writes: > The promise was a little closer in time. When the PS/2 range was launched, > the low-end machines, the Model 50 and the Model 60, were 286-based and > corporate customers bought a lot of them. IBM promised those models would > run OS/2. Boca was making all sort of claims about PC market ... and I was posting on internal forums, from sunday san jose mercury news, quantity one, clone pc prices (from other side of pacific), way below IBM's large quantity discount)). Then clone PC makers had built up big inventory of 286 machines for xmas season when 386 appeared (in part 386 chip included functions that required several chips in 286 systems, reducing 386 system build costs), and there was enormous fire sale clearance for the 286 systems. some archived posts https://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2001n.html#79 a.f.c history checkup... https://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2001n.html#80 a.f.c history checkup... https://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2001n.html#81 a.f.c history checkup... https://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2001n.html#82 a.f.c history checkup... then boca contracted with Dataquest (since bought by gartner) for detailed study of PC market, including couple hr video taped round table of silicon valley PC experts ... I had known the person doing the study at Dataquest and was asked to be one of the PC experts (they promise to garble my details so boca wouldn't recognize me as ibm employee). I did manage to clear it with my immediate management -- virtualization experience starting Jan1968, online at home since Mar1970
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