On June 1, David Crayford wrote: "Last time they had a big scrap
Microsoft ended up the winner! Anybody remember OS2?"
Well, the Evil Empire doesn't always win. In 2005, EE paid IBM $775
million in claims.
See: http://www.investorguide.com/article/3054/microsoft-ibm-resolve-antitrust-issues-msft/
The EU gave them a pretty big bloody nose as well, to the tune of $1.6
billion.
What seems ironic to me is that the predatory practices (in my
opinion) MS engaged in from the beginning which gave them their market
edge, were never challenged. When the (successful) challenge finally
came, it was based on a shakier case regarding bundling I.E.
Anybody remember doing a search on the web for "OS2" (prior to Google)
on a Windoze machine, and getting very few hits?
Anybody remember what happened to OS2 and its Boot Manager if Windoze
was installed after OS2?
Dale Miller
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