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Yes Microsoft wrote their version of OS/2 but it never made it, why? IBM took away OS/2 that they were jointly involve in developing with Microsoft and turn it into a superior operting system known today in a short time. Why didn't Microsoft do this first? If you are considerng the marketing aspect than you maybe right and than these things could change. There are too many individuals on forums like Compuserve as well as Prodigy who are Windows users who plan to switch to OS/2 2.0. Because of the full protection on the software,HPFS,multitasking,multitreading with little to no degradation in proformance as well as backward compatiblity which protects their software investments while giving them a clear path to the future on the machine that they own now. By the time NT arrive OS/2 probably will beyond what it's doing now and more. That is far easier for user to migrate in that particular enviorment rather than having to buy totally differant machine to take full advantage of an operating system. Maybe some will go in to Windows NT direction but it may not be a dominant force. And BTW there are 32 bit application plan for release this year for OS/2 along with Windows 3.1 to be added to OS/2. >From what I seen at the Comdex show and on the BBS's, marketing my not refect the intrest in OS/2 but beleve it or not the intrest is very high. It is just a matter time before you see it. Bob