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Andrew,
 
I worked with OS/2 in the early 90s and really liked it; I adopted it for my personal use as well. I really enjoyed reading the details you provided earlier.
 
I have a hypothesis that when IBM tried to sell OS/2 (Warp) via a retail channel that it "hurt". A company whose DNA was channel sales would find dealing with retail issues to be entirely different from everything they knew. So, I speculate that there were enough people to felt (and argued) that OS/2 wasn't "worth it".
 
 
Any thoughts you would care to share on that supposition would be appreciated.
 

From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-bounces@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Glynn
Sent: November 6, 2017 04:18
To: Any question about pharo is welcome
Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] perspective request for those earning a livingfromSmalltalk

Thank you.  I will see if I can get to it today or tomorrow.

 

Andrew

 

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From: Davorin Rusevljan
Sent: Monday, November 6, 2017 4:17 AM
To: Any question about pharo is welcome
Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] perspective request for those earning a livingfromSmalltalk

 

 

 

On Sat, Oct 28, 2017 at 7:59 PM, Andrew Glynn <aglynn42@gmail.com> wrote:

Your history is accurate, but there���s a few things I���d  like to add, due to having been employed by IBM at exactly that period working specifically on VisualAge, not only for Smalltalk, but for Java, C++ and Cobol as well.  (my NDA���s finally having expired also helps ����).  It���s not a correction or contradiction, but a complement to your description, providing a relevant but different perspective.

 

Andrew,

 

please find a way to write an article or blog post on this subject. It is priceless.

 

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