>>>I don't remember them doing that with OS2, but then they had other tricks up their sleeves to take care of that distraction.
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>>Hmmmmm.... Windows 95?
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>That too I guess, but I more had in mind a constantly shifting WIN32S. One that I always felt had OS2 obstruction in mind rather than any real value to (WIN) functionality.

I guess I saw Win95 as the culmination of the thrashing you mention. Remember the "Better DOS than DOS, better Windows than Windows" ad slogan? It WAS true IMNSHO. A great OS. Sigh.