Linked by Jeffrey Boulier on Wed 12th Mar 2003 04:44 UTC
OSNews, Generic OSes Some users swear by Aqua interface of MacOS X, others proclaim the desktop-readiness of Linux, the polished presence of Windows XP, or expound upon the stately Solaris as the ultimate operating system. All of these users are wimps.
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OS/360
by anon on Wed 12th Mar 2003 11:52 UTC

Didn't Fred Brooks, who was responsible for this OS line, consider it a technical failure despite being financially successful? IIRC, he found it wasn't designed cohesively enough (he used a lot of not-so-good programmers vs. a small ninja team) and believed that it's not the sort of OS that would attract a vibrant community like BeOS or OS/2.