OS/2

From: Bob Withers <bwit_at_pobox.com>
Date: Fri May 26 13:44:27 2000

At 10:51 AM 5/26/00 -0700, you wrote:
>
>
>"Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" wrote:
>>
>> Don't forget that OS/2 was written by Gordon Letwin
>> AT MICROSOFT!
>>
>> You might enjoy reading "Inside OS/2" by Gordon Letwin; from Microsoft
>> Press.
>
>I think you mean "who is AT MICROSOFT now". IIRC, he was not at Microsoft
>when he was originally working on OS/2.
>
>

No, Gordon has been at Microsoft since long before OS/2. I think he came
from Heath in the very early days when BASIC was pretty much the only
product Microsoft had.

The original OS/2 1.0 (character mode only) was a partnership of IBM and
Microsoft although nearly all the 1.0 code was done by MS. The 1.1 release
which included PM (developed at IBM's Hursley labs) was the first major
contribution by IBM that I'm aware of.

Microsoft released the first OS/2 SDK's available in late 1988 (mine cost
$3000!) and held several developer's conferences in 88 and 89. They
continued to ship OS/2 under their label through verion 1.2. 1.3 was the
forst release that was available solely from IBM.

Regards,
Bob
Received on Fri May 26 2000 - 13:44:27 BST