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Default Rest in Peace, Mr. Ritchie

It (OS2) definitely should have won out but then so should have
Motorola CPU and support chips.

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Yes, early Win's multitasking was cooperative. OS/2's was preemptive
and
therefore much more responsive when doing certain tasks.