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From: gt7801a@prism.gatech.EDU (Jason Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: IBM OS/2 1.3 pricing
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Date: 10 May 91 06:25:03 GMT
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larrys@watson.ibm.com (Larry Salomon, Jr.) writes:

>Things are in sorry shape if it is that bad.  :-/  Sometimes, I feel that
>marketing is like a flat tire on a Porsche 928S:  this fantastic car
>can't go anywhere because the tire won't roll.  Of course, this is my
>personal opinion.

Yes, marketing has alot to do with an operating system's success.
1.3 and Windows 3 were announced at about the same time.  (Hey aren't
we coming up on the 1 year mark?)  Man, that was some big press
conference when Win3 was announced...alot of marketing, and it is
selling well.  

However, if the operating system is like OS/2 2.0 ( if all goes well )
and the same aggresive marketing strategies are used, we should see
OS/2 2.0 selling better than Windows 3.0 did.  The fact that PS/2 's
will eventually come packaged with OS/2 should help.  Also, with a
large installed base of Windows applications out there, users will not
have to worry about sacrificing their investment in Win apps.

Larry:  I enjoyed "THE RACE HAS JUST BEGUN" in PC WEEK, 4/29
-- 
Jason Wright                             gt7801a@prism.gatech.edu
OV/2 Performance Department              Computer Science Undergrad
Programming Systems Division             Georgia Institute of Technology
IBM - Roanoke, Texas                     Atlanta, Georgia