On Jun 14, 2023, at 10:06 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk@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
