“It’s a rare and momentous occasion when IBM and Microsoft share
a stage to announce a new joint venture.“As far as anyone can recall, the last time the bitter rivals
came together–prior to this week–was more than a decade ago, just
before the two companies had a legendary falling out over PC
operating systems.“You might remember OS/2, which the two computing giants hyped
relentlessly as the future of the industry back in the late 1980s.
Famously, Bill Gates once wrote that OS/2 was ‘destined to be the
most important operating system, and possibly program, of all
time…'”
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