14: OS/2

In an effort to keep Microsoft from controlling the PC software industry, in the 1980s, IBM created OS/2, an operating system meant to give its computers a competitive advantage.

Links and Show Notes:

Half an operating system: The triumph and tragedy of OS/2 | Ars Technica

Workplace OS History: IBM’s $2 Billion Microkernel of Failure

WinCustomize: Articles : A History of IBM OS/2: 1991 to 1996

OS/2 Timeline | OS/2 Museum

86-DOS - Wikipedia

IBM Personal System/2 - Wikipedia

The Forgotten Operating System That Keeps the NYC Subway System Alive

Home - Arca Noae

OS/2 Warp News and Rumors

Flashback #2: The Microsoft Zune - Relay FM

Microsoft's $1 Billion Failure - Snazzy Labs - YouTube