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Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by AnimalMuppet on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:01PM (#50406065)
Source? That's sure not the way I remember it. I don't think I ever saw OS/2 outside of in computer stores. I don't think I ever saw a single customer actually using it, either professionally or on a home computer.

Sure, that's anecdote. Do you have data?

Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by egorfine on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:09PM (#50406139)
Nah, no data. Too lazy to dig around. I vividly remember that in my bubble OS/2 was running everywhere. Literally everybody used it, me included. We considered Windows a joke.

But then I remember how OS/2 was dying a slow death while Windows 95 rose.

So yes, an anecdote it is.

Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by AnimalMuppet on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:27PM (#50406295)
Well, I asked, because I'm also too lazy to dig around for data. So, it's hard for me to complain...
Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by flomo on Saturday November 07, 2026 @02:50PM (#50407451)
IBM did a ton of consumer advertising for OS/2 while Windows 95 was delayed. (There even was an OS/2 Warp college bowl game.) So they moved some copies, but it probably mostly just people like me messing around.
Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by SoftTalker on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:11PM (#50406158)
OS/2 was somewhat popular in corporate settings that were already "IBM shops." And I saw a bit of it in academia/scientific workplaces.

Never knew anyone who ran it at home.

Re:They don't make 'em like that any more: Borland Turbo Pas... by svennek on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:18PM (#50406211)
I ran it at home as a teenager, as I got a free Warp cd at a store (when they cancelled the product). Ran it for a few days, then went back to windows (95 likely) and later linux....