Heck, I was hired a year prior primarily because I had "extensive" OS/2 experience. At that time Borland had just struck a deal with IBM to provide OS/2 versions for many of their products. It was a ton of cash. But also a crappe tonne of time. Time Borland did not have while in Microsoft's crosshairs. But I digress.
The project I was on worked with an IBM liaison. He'd fly out periodically to hand deliver OS/2 beta updates on floppy disks. It was amazing. I don't recall the exact number, but the OS consisted of about twenty 3.5 inch floppy disks. Even back then it seemed insane to install anything with that many floppies.
Note, we were basically building a new product using our own early beta C compiler for an early beta OS. Was the bug in our code, the compiler's code, the OS code? But I digress.
The software usually came in nicely tailored, reusable boxes that sat upright. Not quite 21st century Apple quality packaging, but respectable for the time. Well, the last hand-delivered OS/2 update came in a barf bag from the IBM liaison's flight. He dropped it off on my desk, I thought he was joking. No.
I don't recall the excuse, but the mood concerning OS/2 at that time wasn't exactly upbeat. I called it the barf bag omen. The rest is history.
