Releasing OS/2

[Chuck Guzis]

On 10/14/2005 at 6:18 PM Bert Thomas wrote:

>I disaggree on the argument. M$ contributed no 32-bit code to OS/2 as 
>far as I can tell. IMO it is the 32-bit code that made OS/2 superior to 
>Windows. BTW, OS/2 has some features that are not available on any other 
>OS, such as the immense flexibility of running DOS programs. One can 
>even write special device drivers that emulate a device in a virtual DOS 
>machine. There are many settings available for VDMs and features like 
>detecting polling loops to prevent waisting time I have never seen before.

I'll also add that there's no way that Microsoft could have written the
programmer's documentation for OS/2!  It's clean and coherent--not a
trademark of Microsoft, IMOHO.

Cheers,
Chuck