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In <5gnuil$1hb4$1@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>, baxte17@ibm.net  (Kevin J Baxter) writes:

>If we want IBM to better support OS/2, then PSP must 
>sell its own hardware (much like AIX is sold with RS/6000s, OS/400s
>is sold with AS/400 and OS/390 is sold with S/390s).

Well, that's what the whole Power Personal thing was initially,
but, as I understand it, it was originally part of RS/6000, then
PSP got hold of it.

They more or less abandoned it before it had a chance to sink or
swim, because of the whining attitude of PSP (as you note, *not*
the major money makers within IBM). I say, to hell with PSP; IBM
should revive the Power Personal for Warp 5.0.

The original concept of a portable, microkernel-based OS/2 (or OS/2-
like operating system) ON ITS OWN NON-INTEL HARDWARE PLATFORM, was
an excellent one, IMO.

It would have allowed OS/2 to have its own, unique marketplace, where
it wouldn't be in direct competition with Windows (yes, I know NT
was there on PPC at the time, but NT was hardly used back in '95;
heck, it's still not used that heavily today).

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