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OS/2

3 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Apr 22, 2024 by David Rosenthal · said 36 times in 3 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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Everything said about OS/2, oldest first

Apr 22, 2024 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
IBM and Microsoft officially dissolved their OS/2 partnership by late 1990
“By the end of 1990, the Microsoft IBM divorce is official. IBM takes full control of OS two development back from Microsoft. Microsoft ceases involvement.”
David Rosenthal Apr 22, 2024 ▶ 3:07:01 Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired
Apr 22, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Microsoft generated $600M in FY1988 with almost nothing from OS/2
“Fiscal 88, they do six hundred million in revenue. Basically none of this is from OS two and the IBM world.”
David Rosenthal Apr 22, 2024 ▶ 2:48:03 Microsoft Volume I: The Complete History and Strategy of founding through Windows 95 (Audio) · Acquired
Jun 2, 2025
Assertion Supported
Ballmer: Microsoft's first antitrust inquiry came from FTC over IBM collusion
“This was our first antitrust problem. I don't know if you guys know this, is the FTC at the time thought we and IBM were working to divide the market because we had done some positioning. What's windows good for? What's always too good for? We and IBM had done…”
Steve Ballmer Jun 2, 2025 ▶ 25:53 The Steve Ballmer Interview · Acquired
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