Microsoft OSes

From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal_at_MICROSOFT.com>
Date: Wed Feb 4 17:58:24 1998

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kip Crosby [SMTP:engine_at_chac.org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 1998 2:16 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: Microsoft OSes
>
> NT prior to 3.x was called MS LAN Manager, and didn't compare particularly
> well to anything.
>
Hmm, couple of misconceptions there. First off, LAN Manager was a network
product, not an operating system. LanMan Server ran on top of OS/2 1.x, and
LanMan clients were available for MS-DOS and OS/2. LAN Manager 1.x was an
OEM product and was not sold by Microsoft. It was available as 3Com 3+Open,
IBM LAN Server, etc. LAN Manager 1.x was a first generation product, but
LAN Manager 2.x performed well and was the first network product to capture
significant market share away from NetWare, where many others had previously
failed. LAN Manager 2.x was also the first network server sold directly by
Microsoft.

Kai
Received on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 17:58:24 GMT