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Subject  :  Microsoft Settlement
Author  :  Martin
Date  :  21 Feb, 2005 on 23:04
I found something funny on the Microsoft Settlement webpages about OS/2 from 12/4/2001 :


"G. Microsoft should pay IBM to update OS/2 to be compliant with the latest version of the Windows API (e.g. Windows XP), so as to provide an alternative operating system to Windows. Because Microsoft's ability to manipulate the Windows API at will is what drove OS/2 out of the PC market last time, such manipulation should be regulated in the future for OS/2 to remain a reasonably interchangeable alternative. Thus. remedial steps A and B are necessary."

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/...

Of course, it didn't happened.


Subject  :  Re:Microsoft Settlement
Author  :  Radek hajek@vuv.cz
Date  :  22 Feb, 2005 on 16:46
Thanks God it didn't! Imagine that all those winblows viruses would find something that they would understand in the operating system! A reliable operating system MUST NOT contain any William Setag's API!

Subject  :  Re:Microsoft Settlement
Author  :  RosinCore rcore@canada.com
Date  :  22 Feb, 2005 on 17:19
That would have been great! MS to *pay* IBM to develop a new modern OS/2?! How could that be bad?! IBM would just have to develop the same features as XP, IBM wouldn't have to incorporate the same security flaws.

Subject  :  Great Job on OS/2; therefore,..
Author  :  BigWarpGuy
Date  :  23 Feb, 2005 on 15:38
IBM did a great job on OS/2, updating it to be more competetive/compatible with Windows would be great since it would mean an OS that is more stable yet run all/most of the current Win software.

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