[Info-vax] RealWorldTech on Poulson

[Michael Kraemer]

Paul Sture schrieb:

> 
> Wasn't OS/2 also popular in Germany?

yes, to a certain extent,
this was version 3 (Warp Connect),
after they divorced from M$.
It had smart marketing, PC retailers
had it preloaded, etc.
Nevertheless it failed because
most customers wanted M$ products.
Lesson: if the product doesn't fit
customer demand, no marketing will help.

> ISTR Escom (who briefly had a chain of stores in the UK) were actively 
> promoting OS/2 systems (circa 1995).

Yes, both big retailers, Vobis and Escom had it,
even as the primary OS (iirc),
from ca 1994 to 1996.
But I guess the majority of customers merely
used it as a launcher for their usual Windoze apps.

Escom died in 1996 due to that UK store debacle
(among other reasons).

> <http://www.amigahistory.co.uk/escomhist.html>

And with Escom went the Amiga's second chance :-(
They had acquired the remains of Commodore in 1995
and were about to resurrect it.