[TUHS] Interesting post about Microsoft and UNIX

[Al Kossow]

On 12/7/24 5:09 AM, Arrigo Triulzi via TUHS wrote:
> forgotten Intel extensions lingering in 2024 cores which can be used nefariously

There has been an effort by Intel to expunge a lot of PC-isms from their CPUs and
ASICs in recent years. I know someone who worked on that out of the architecture
group in Oregon.

WRT IBM's interest in the 386, OS/2 didn't release a 32 bit version until 2.0 in
1991, well into the 486 era (1989).

https://www.quora.com/Why-did-IBMs-OS-2-project-lose-to-Microsoft-given-that-IBM-had-much-more-resources-than-Microsoft-at-that-time