__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Wednesday 18 April 2007 21:04 \__
> Doug Mentohl <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> From: Adam Taylor
>> To: billp; bradsi; jonro
>> Subject: RE: URGENT: WSJ - Ferengi article
>> Date: Thursday, November 11, 1993 11:57 AM
>>
>> Here's the pitch we used yesterday with the press. This seemed to work
>> well.
>>
>> thx.
>>
>> - OS/2 IS CLEARLY ON A WINDOWS CLONING STRATEGY. Evidence is the
>> decision to call this product "OS/2 for Windows". But when you're in the
>> cloning business, you're constantly playing catchup. OS/2 has always
>> been behind. IBM needs 18 months to get partial support for Windows 3.1,
>> but they still don't have support for VxDs or Windows device drivers.
>> Cloning huge support implications. Who will customers call when they
>> have a problem?
>>
>> - NOW, IBM IS BEHIND ALL OVER AGAIN. OS/2 2.1 doesn't support WFW 3.11
>> and MS-DOS 6.2. They don't support the speed enhancements from WFW's
>> 32-bit file access and network components. They don't work with
>> DoubleSpace, or even PC-DOS 6.1 disk compression. WFW 3.11 will ship
>> over 6 million PCs in the next 12 months, or over 30% of the Windows
>> total runrate. MS-DOS 6 has already shipped over 15 million units to
>> date. OS/2 doesn't support al these PC's, which includes all the Dells
>> and all the Gateways.
>>
>> - IBM'S TECHNOLOGY THREADMILL GETS WORSE. In the future, OS/2 won't
>> support emerging technologies such as OLE2, Win32 and PnP. This means
>> they won't run all the new features of the latest Windows applications,
>> like Office 4.0, or the new generation of hardware what supports Plug
>> and Play.
>>
>> - CUSTOMERS HAVE CLEARLY DECIDED. Customers want to run Windows
>> applications FAST. They want support for new applications and hardware
>> standards. Windows ships over 1.5 million units every month and accounts
>> for 99% of the market. Customers want Windows, even IBM has figured that
>> out with their new product "OS/2 for Windows".
>>
>> ..
>>
>> http://edge-op.org/iowa/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/4000/PX04115_T.pdf
>>
>
> Ahh, "customers have clearly decided" - precisely the same FUD that we
> still see here today. It's quite amazing how much the story hasn't
> changed!
Good pick. I'll have a go with it outside COLA.
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