Why IBM's OS/2 Warp Has Failed?

Question

Does anyone have an good article about its demise? I remember installing OS/2 many years ago. It was like a more powerful version of Windows 95, but since I had to work with W95 all day, I lost track of the progress and crash of this operating system.

Spooky23 · Accepted Answer

For consumers, it was more like NT and didn&rsquo;t support the devices or software you would want.For business, it was too IBM to succeed. The company was going through rough times, and the sales executives would always push high margin mainframe.

simonblack · Answer

but since I had to work with W95 all dayThere's the answer. W95 had the momentum. The "barrier to entry" for OS/2 was just too great.Also OS/2 was very, very expensive, while W95 came 'free' with your new PC.

Why IBM's OS/2 Warp Has Failed?

Does anyone have an good article about its demise? I remember installing OS/2 many years ago. It was like a more powerful version of Windows 95, but since I had to work with W95 all day, I lost track of the progress and crash of this operating system.

For consumers, it was more like NT and didn’t support the devices or software you would want.
For business, it was too IBM to succeed. The company was going through rough times, and the sales executives would always push high margin mainframe.

but since I had to work with W95 all day
There's the answer. W95 had the momentum. The "barrier to entry" for OS/2 was just too great.
Also OS/2 was very, very expensive, while W95 came 'free' with your new PC.