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        What a funny load of crap. Clearly they haven't heard of FREEbsd.
        \_ go ahead and laugh. In the end, technology alone will not
           get you cookies. Took me 10 years to realize that
                                        -former linux/bsd/tech fanatic
            \_ Did I say it would?
            \_ Wait another 10 years. Microsoft will not be a monoploy.
               What is the key to cookies, oh enlightened cynical one?
                \_ OS2 was a superior technology but it lost. There are many
                   other factors such as the user base, development base,
                   marketing, and many many others. Superior technology
                   alone makes engineers happy and proud but does not make
                   it a great product.
                        \_ don't forget many other factors such as ease
                           of use (for grandmas grandpas), visual appeal,
                           support, peer pressure, etc etc.
                   \_ i'd make a comment on this, but i have to go watch a
                      movie on my betamax now.
                         \_ Why did OS2 loose? because mircosoft made
                            things incompatible. I believe free software
                            will overcome all non-technical obstacles
                            because it is free and developers and users
                            like it. Companies like IBM and Oracle are
                            doing the advertising for Linux. And most tech
                            companies hate Microsoft. Was OS2 free?
                        \_ If Sony had only licensed it to Porn companies,
                           then Beta would have succeeded. Alas, since VHS
                           sucks so much, it made DVD more appealing.
                        \_ VHS won because it was better in ways that people
                           cared about.  Why would you want to use a format
                           that wouldn't let you record a two-hour movie?
                    \_ Why did OS2 loose? I believe free software will
                       overcome all non-technical obstacles because it is
                       free and developers and users like it.  Companies
                       like IBM and Oracle are doing the advertising for
                       Linux. And most tech companies hate Microsoft. Was
                       OS2 free?
                        \_ many reasons, not the least of which was it needed
                           several more megs worth of memory to run at any
                           decent speed and at the time that was 100s of
                           dollars worth of computer equipment.  Plus it
                           was UGLY in a way that made windows look pretty.
                           \_ Sounds like OS2 was not "superior".