12-25-2005, 09:27 AM
Quote:As of today, IBM is officially withdrawing OS/2 from the market, and product CDs are no longer available.
The move had originally been announced in July and affects the final two versions of IBM's OS/2 effort, OS/2 Warp V4 and OS/2 Warp Server for e-business.
IBM's OS/2 effort originally began as a joint effort with Microsoft in 1985, a deal which ended in 1990 when the development partnership faltered. OS/2 version three, released in 1992, was the first to have the "Warp" moniker attached to it. Version four was released in 1996.
Throughout its life, OS/2 faced competition from Microsoft Windows and never overcame it...
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