XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy, comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid   
      
   On 2024-09-20, chrisv  wrote:   
      
   > The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >   
   >> clinker wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> OS2 had a good run for example. It is still alive and well in some   
   >>> proprietary industrial equipment because it is impervious to hacks as no   
   >>> one remembers it.   
   >   
   > We also had Amigas and Atari ST's, before it become impractical to   
   > compete with the Wintel juggernaut on the desktop.   
   >   
   > If Micro$oft could push all of those (at least somewhat) established   
   > platforms out of the market, what chance does a newcomer have?   
      
   The Amiga would have fared much better if Commodore's board wasn't   
   so busy running the company into the ground while siphoning off   
   bigger salaries than IBM's bigwigs were getting.   
      
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