Do they have a native operating system
2006-09-11 10:43:53 · 7 answers · asked by bridger48 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Yes, IBM wrote "OS2." It flopped big time.
2006-09-11 10:49:43 · answer #1 · answered by J T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they did, but not the original one. They developed OS/2 which was so much better than Windows at the time, around 1990, it wasnt funny.
OS/2 was a real operating system, not the crappy code in Windows.
IBM did NOT develop CP/M nor DOS. Microsoft developed, or rather stole, the code from another company for $25,000. PC-DOS was IBM's offering of DOS
2006-09-12 00:43:18 · answer #2 · answered by nonjoo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Repeatedly. They started with CP/M, but decided to abandon it in favor of DOS. Then they came up with OS/2 as a competitor to Windows, but that didn't go too far. All the while, there was AIX (IBM's version of Unix) for servers and high-end workstations...
2006-09-11 18:23:00 · answer #3 · answered by NC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AIX 5L is IBM's industry-leading UNIX operating system that meets the demands of applications that businesses rely upon in today's marketplace.
2006-09-11 17:53:25 · answer #4 · answered by ModernMerlin 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did develop something called PC-DOS back in the 1980's, to try to get away from dependance on Microsoft.
Digital Research also created DR-DOS about the same time.
All of them were very similar, being basically ports of a scaled-down UNIX command structure to the microcomputer.
Oh yeah and J T is right -- how could I have forgotten OS/2? I gues because pretty much EVERYONE forgot about it... ;)
2006-09-11 17:50:49 · answer #5 · answered by Mustela Frenata 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really they purchased licensing from MS for DOS (which MS purchsed from an independent programmer for a ridiculously cheap price.)
2006-09-11 17:46:55 · answer #6 · answered by modembugs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO!
2006-09-11 17:46:35 · answer #7 · answered by superrocketnerd 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋