[Info-vax] RealWorldTech on Poulson

[Paul Sture]

In article <iv0g1f$rfk$1 at solani.org>,
 Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de> wrote:

> 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.

I was given a free copy and tried it. I can't remember why I stopped 
using it.  In the UK at least, everyone seemed to be pro MS, and indeed 
a former colleague came out with the expression "You don't get fired for 
buying Microsoft".

> 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.

Shame.  Amiga still has a good reputation among those who used it.

-- 
Paul Sture