rdominy@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Dominy) (01/30/91)
Might as well shut down this board... An article in the Wall Street Journal (1/28/91) announced that Microsoft has officially dropped development of OS/2 in favor of windows. Tough luck! ------------------------------- Robert Dominy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
ross@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Ross Porter) (01/30/91)
>WSJ (1/28/91) announced that MS has dropped development of OS/2.
MS immediately denied this (Compuserve's On-line Today).
They do have a news conference scheduled for today though.
Ross
ross@cattell.psych.upenn.eduballard@cheddar.ucs.ubc.ca (Alan Ballard) (01/30/91)
In article <2785@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> rdominy@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Dominy) writes: >Might as well shut down this board... > >An article in the Wall Street Journal (1/28/91) announced that >Microsoft has officially dropped development of OS/2 in favor of >windows. > Their reporter appears to have heard, just a tad late, the news of last October's IBM/Microsoft reallocation of responsibilities. The word on Compuserv is that Microsoft have already issued a statement categorically denying the WSJ article. I haven't seen the statement, but I'll be looking for it. Alan Ballard | Internet: ballard@ucs.ubc.ca University Computing Services | Bitnet: USERAB1@UBCMTSG University of British Columbia | Phone: 604-228-3074 Vancouver B.C. Canada V6R 1W5 | Fax: 604-228-5116
arasmith@mathcs.emory.edu (David Arasmith) (01/30/91)
In article <2785@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> rdominy@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Dominy) writes: >Might as well shut down this board... > >An article in the Wall Street Journal (1/28/91) announced that >Microsoft has officially dropped development of OS/2 in favor of >windows. > >Tough luck! > >------------------------------- >Robert Dominy >NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Can this really be true? I'm not a Wall Street Journal guy. What section, what page? Can they be serious? (Microsoft, that is) Have they conceded to the DOS users who don't know HOW to multitask the UNIX users who can already do it and don't want to change, and the mainframers who would like to keep their jobs? What about the small companies who, courted by Microsoft to develop for OS/2, are left holding (semi)dead products? Will they be satisfied by crippling their products for Windows? Please take no offense at the above statements, they are not intended to provoke. Any comments? -- David M. Arasmith | arasmith@mathcs.emory.edu Internet Emory University | {sun!sunatl,gatech}!emory!arasmith UUCP Dept of Math and CS | Atlanta, GA 30322 | I should be working! Gee....I wonder what's on TV?
cfor@ciba-geigy.ch (Rainer Foeppl) (01/31/91)
hello i have a letter from ibm on my desk that states that : microsoft will continue and be responsible for the development of dos and windows. ibm will continue and be responsible for the development of os/2 (16bit and 32bit). so the statement in the wallstreet - journal should only be the implementation of the partnership between ibm and microsoft.... regards rainer -- Rainer Foeppl email: cfor@ciba-geigy.ch
objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Peter Goodall) (02/01/91)
arasmith@mathcs.emory.edu (David Arasmith) writes: >In article <2785@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> rdominy@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Dominy) writes: >>Might as well shut down this board... >> >>An article in the Wall Street Journal (1/28/91) announced that >>Microsoft has officially dropped development of OS/2 in favor of >>windows. >> >>Tough luck! >> >>------------------------------- >>Robert Dominy >>NASA Goddard Space Flight Center >Can this really be true? >I'm not a Wall Street Journal guy. What section, what page? >Can they be serious? (Microsoft, that is) >Have they conceded to the DOS users who don't know HOW to multitask >the UNIX users who can already do it and don't want to change, and the >mainframers who would like to keep their jobs? >What about the small companies who, courted by Microsoft to develop for >OS/2, are left holding (semi)dead products? Will they be satisfied >by crippling their products for Windows? >Please take no offense at the above statements, they are not intended >to provoke. >Any comments? >-- >David M. Arasmith | arasmith@mathcs.emory.edu Internet >Emory University | {sun!sunatl,gatech}!emory!arasmith UUCP >Dept of Math and CS | >Atlanta, GA 30322 | I should be working! Gee....I wonder what's on TV? Hey! what's happening here. Any followup from people at Microsoft? They better improve windows a lot, or get rid of the DOS base. ---------------------------- Peter Goodall Smalltalk Systems Consultant ObjecTech P/L 162 Burns Bay Rd, LANE COVE , NSW, AUSTRALIA objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au
rdominy@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Dominy) (02/02/91)
In article <2785@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov> rdominy@kong.gsfc.nasa.gov (Robert Dominy) writes: > An article in the Wall Street Journal (1/28/91) announced that > Microsoft has officially dropped development of OS/2 in favor of > windows. The above article appeared in section B, front page of the 1/28 Wall Street Journal. The next day, another article appeared in the same section (page 8, I believe) which had further comments from Microsoft in which they claimed that they weren't actually halting development of OS/2, but that they would focus on Windows as their primary/central applications environment. OS/2 would be continued to be developed as an "alternative" operating system. ------------------------------- Robert Dominy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center