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Old 06-10-2015, 02:12 PM   #769
fjtorres
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As I recall IBM in their infinite wisdom subcontracted some OS/2 development out to a firm called Microsoft. At the very least it turned out to be a terrific learning experience for one of those firms.

As an aside as this and recent posts have little to do with Windows 9 (oops I mean 10) I think there are still OS/2 servers running today. Long live REXX...
They had a few disagreements over features.
Like the 370 guys kept insisting there was no need for downloadable fonts or laser printer drivers; all their target customers already had high speed line printers.
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