On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 at 01:28, Fred Cisin via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Gordon Letwin at Microsoft developed OS/2. But Microsoft sold it off to > IBM, and it became known as an IBM product. That is not quite how I remember it... > Microsoft used some key technology from it in developing WindowsNT. > Within Microsoft's offerings, NT competed with non-NT windows, such as > Windows95, Windows98, and Windows2000. One small slip here: The DOS-based versions were 95 (& (& 95A, 95B, & 95C), 98 (& 98SE) and ME. Windows 2000 is NT 5.0. > Naming a version after the year it is released is great for sales in the > first year, and a serious liability in subsequent years, unless there is > actually going to be a new version every year (as automobiles do) Agreed. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053
