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0 pointspjmlp19h ago0 comments

If we ignore the fact that it required 1000 euros more in additional hardware, thus most folks went with DOS/Windows 3.x instead, and when Windows 95 came around it was already too late for adoption.

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hamburglar18h ago

To pick a nit, I highly doubt you bought your OS/2 hardware with euros. :D

pjmlpOP18h ago

If I used Escudos it would be useless for the folks reading my comment.

mikestorrent14h ago

Not so, now I know the pre-EU denomination of Portguese currency

hamburglar17h ago

It’s ok. The pedantry was unavoidable.

Shebanator11h ago

Exactly: it depends on what you mean by "better". OS/2 had a much more modern basis, but:

* it was painful to program compared to Windows

* it required a lot more hardware (and thus money) to achieve the same level of performance.

* the UI was terrible

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