A better DOS than DOS, a better Windows than Windows, OS/2 was going to be the OS we would all want to install on our PC, but some how despite it being a rea...
Because IBM let Microsoft make all the agreements to put the o/s directly on hard drives - OS/2 was installed via a huge number of floppies. I forgot the exact number. ~30? Way back in the day that made OS/2 seem like a total joke so that was one reason the public ignored it. I don't remember how many people had CD players but the per capita number must have been pretty low.
Because IBM let Microsoft make all the agreements to put the o/s directly on hard drives - OS/2 was installed via a huge number of floppies. I forgot the exact number. ~30? Way back in the day that made OS/2 seem like a total joke so that was one reason the public ignored it. I don't remember how many people had CD players but the per capita number must have been pretty low.