> Lotus was focusing on a GUI version of their main product for OS/2.
Lotus and Wordperfect both spent a lot developing for almost every platform other than Windows. It always surprised me that they never had even a fallback for Windows for their main products, given how dependent they each were on a single product.
Microsoft's committment to OS/2 ended with Windows 3.0. But until 3.0, they themselves believed OS/2 was the (imperfect) future.
Windows 3.0's ability to use protected mode on a 286 changed it all.
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> Lotus was focusing on a GUI version of their main product for OS/2.
Lotus and Wordperfect both spent a lot developing for almost every platform other than Windows. It always surprised me that they never had even a fallback for Windows for their main products, given how dependent they each were on a single product.