jerry feldman zwkbluorg mon 18 feb 2008 115448 0500 james knott wrote youd better brush history ibm hired ms develop os2 ms misappropriated money develop windows os2 desktop system nt server httpwwwos2bbscomos2newsos2historyhtml late 1990 microsoft intensified disagreements ibm point ibm decided would take overt action ensure os2 development continued reasonable pace ibm therefore took complete development responsibility os2 1x even though dying days os2 200 microsoft would continue development windows os2 300 shortly split microsoft renamed os2 v3 windows nt contradicts david cutlers words inside windows nt designed ground supposed replace os2 well unix nt designed run intel platforms well risc platforms sgi mips digital alpha os2 features os2 incorporated nt lan manager nt descendent os2 yes agree ibm hire msft initially develop os2 actually used os2 couple projects 90s decent os jerry feldman boston linux unix pgp key id 537c5846 pgp key fingerprint 3d1b 8377 a3c0 a5f2 ecbb ca3b 4607 4319 537c 5846 wed 06 aug 2008 235839 0500 opensuse defragging possible necessary