Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago

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A better DOS than DOS, a better Windows than Windows, OS/2 was going to be the OS we would all want to install on our PC, but some how despite it being a really good OS, IBM never did get the masses to buy and install it.

Was it that OS/2 was not all that is was cracked up to be, or was it that IBM's marketing department was as good at marketing as Liz Truss was at out lasting lettuce.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:25 - A word from our sponsors
02:46 - IBM Creates their PC
05:36 - IBM vs The Clones (Clone wars)
07:36 - The IBM/MS joint agreement, & the first version of OS/2
11:58 - OS/2 gets a GUI
16:10 - Ms pulls out of the joint agreement
17:31 - Why did the joint agreement end
23:25 - OS/2 1.3 & OS/2 2.0 the first IBM only release
28:42 - OS/2 Windows compatibility
30:03 - OS/2 Warp
36:37 - Windows 95 comes out, and Workplace OS
44:39 - Why is OS/2 good (REXX)
46:21 - Why protected memory matters
51:33 - OS/2 marketing (a series of unfortunate events)
58:05 - Thanks