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From: joeb@hpnmdla.HP.COM (Joe Barnhart)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: can it be?
Message-ID: <11750001@hpnmdla.HP.COM>
Date: 4 Feb 91 22:36:47 GMT
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I'm afraid all this confusion resulted from an unfortunate Wall St. Journal
article that "scooped" the world by announcing MS was dropping OS/2.  MS
immediately denied the report, but the damage was already done.

There is one kernal of truth in the rumor: Although MS is committed to OS/2
it apparently feels no such committment to Presentation Manager.  This puts
Microsoft's strategy at odds with IBM, who still sees PM as essential to 
their SAA strategy.

If MS has its way, PM will die after OS/2 ver 2.0, to be replaced with the
Windows API.  This is sad news, indeed, for OS/2 developers, as the Windows
API is to PM what the DOS API is to OS/2...

-- Joe B.

P.S.  All opinions....  milage may vary....  etc. etc.