Posted 3/13/2024, 6:30:12 PM
Leaked: Microsoft's Unreleased OS/2 2.0 Preview Shows Pivot Toward Windows
- Unreleased preview of Microsoft's work on OS/2 2.0 before abandoning the project and focusing on Windows
- Version includes features like better memory management and multitasking over DOS
- Microsoft frustrated with IBM's vision for OS/2, wanted own OS for PC clones
- Build allows running some early Windows software, shows transition toward Windows NT
- OS/2 still lives on via ArcaOS, supporting old DOS and Windows apps on modern hardware