I.B.M. and Microsoft try for a truce; but can they put behind them the dispute over a 'lite' version of OS/2?

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IBM and Microsoft agree to market the same versions of OS/2 and to support the same networking options. Despite this apparent truce, IBM is still upset that Microsoft continues to slight development of a low-end version of OS/2 for 80286-based microcomputers. Microsoft's preference for marketing its DOS-based graphical user interface, Windows, continues to complicate the move to OS/2, IBM claims. Microsoft Chmn Bill Gates feels Windows is an alternative to OS/2 Presentation Manager for users who cannot afford the large memory requirements of OS/2. IBM plans to continue working on a version of OS/2 that will run in 2Mbytes of memory and be suitable for 80286-based machines. Both Microsoft and IBM feel 386 and 486 machines with OS/2 Presentation Manager will be the basic platform in the 1990s.

Standards, Standard, Standardization, Business planning, GUI, Graphical user interfaces, column, User interfaces (Computers), Cooperative Agreements, OS/2 Presentation Manager (GUI), User interface, User interfaces (Computer systems)

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Everything intelligent, and all of it connected

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Karen Ann Hargrove, general manager of Microsoft Corp's digital office systems, is tasked with the implementation of the company's integrated office plans that will bring together microcomputers and other office machines under a single command system called Windows at Work. Hargrove says that the company's vision is focused on empowering the individual office worker and making office work easier. Microsoft will come out with Windows connectivity software for each type of device and telephony services that will enhance phone capabilities. Hargrove also says that they are working on allowing copiers and printers to accept digital originals of documents. A handheld system under development is designed to be a Windows companion to ensure good connectivity with a desktop machine.

Computer peripheral equipment, not elsewhere classified, Interview, Office automation systems, Integrated Office Systems, Hargrove, Karen Ann

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Microsoft widens split with I.B.M. over software

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The rift between IBM and Microsoft Corp is widening as Microsoft announces its own clear and distinct business plan. Microsoft, the supplier of the MS-DOS operating system, broke with IBM over a disagreement on how to market and develop the OS/2 operating system. OS/2 was to be the successor of MS-DOS but Microsoft has since decided that the Microsoft Windows 3.0 graphical user interface (GUI) should be the focus of Microsoft's product development. Microsoft indicates that it will market two version of Windows 3.0: one version will operate on top of MS-DOS and will be marketed for low-end users; and the other version, named Windows NT, will be released in 1992 and will be marketed and designed for more powerful machines.

Product information, Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, Operating System, Competition, Cooperation

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