Talk:OS/2

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  • I won't pollute it [NT] with crap!
    • Dave Cutler to Bill Gates, upon being told that NT was to have an OS/2 "personality" as an alternative front-end.
  • Microsoft OS/2 NT 3.0 doesn't sound right. Let's drop the OS/2 name and replace it with Windows and bump the minor version up one to match Windows 3.1, so it will sell better. Nobody will know that Windows NT 3.1 is really Microsoft OS/2 with a new name.
    • Steve Ballmer to Bill Gates after the breakup with IBM, and trying to find a name to replace OS/2 on their OS/2 source code project.
  • 640K of RAM ought to be enough for everyone!
    • Bill Gates on why MS-DOS should be used instead of IBM's OS/2 that breaks the 640K RAM barrier.
  • Commodore has this Amiga computer that has true pre-emptive multitasking and an object oriented desktop that is easy to use, plus it sells at 1/3rd the price of a MS-DOS machine. Let's see how many hacks and tricks we can steal from Commodore before they notice our OS/2 product is trying to copy their product.
    • Steve Ballmer to Bill Gates to the OS/2 development team at IBM