[Ipg-smz] Fwd: "Second System and Osborne Effects" gallery

[Tom Henderson]

A few possible mistakes here.

OS/2 started as a joint effort for 32-bit computing with Microsoft and 
IBM, then IBM inherited it. Windows NT 3.51 was the successor to Windows 
Workgroups, and eventually, the first ring-zero pre-emptive multitasking 
OS derived from that effort. It sucked, but it survived. OS/2 had more 
RTOS qualities, and was a cleaner if more difficult OS. Ask Esther.

Blackberry 8 was itself an RTOS.... derived from another RTOS, QNX.

NeXT was based on Darwin, DisplayPostScript and OpenMotif, and not the 
Smalltalk derivatives that enslaved Macs until OSX. In a way OSX was a 
derivative of NeXTStep. NeXT OS saved the Mac from extinction.

The joint venture that created the 68K was Apple, Motorola, and IBM. The 
PowerPC anchored from that design. Motorola wasn't doing so well....

The Itanium was developed by HP as the successor to ideas behind 
PA-RISC, and usurped by Intel who then cratered the Itanium, which it 
produced for HP, with the Pentium and Xeon architectures.

When Osborne was killed by the Osborne 2, I sold an additional 13,000 of 
my Osborne I book . People figured that they'd not get another bit of 
support for the Osborne I. They were right.

Second acts ARE hard to follow.

Tom


On 10/15/2018 12:14 PM, Perlow, Jason wrote:
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> I am working on a companion gallery to an article I just published 
> about Google's Pixel slate and Chrome OS.
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> https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-grow-up-drop-the-apple-like-arrogance-or-chrome-os-will-fail/
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> In it I discuss the "Second System" effect:
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> "Second System Effect," by author Fred Brooks in his work /The 
> Mythical Man-Month 
> <https://www.amazon.com/Mythical-Man-Month-Software-Engineering-Anniversary/dp/0201835959/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1539529598&sr=8-1&keywords=the+mythical+man+month> 
> /in 1975, which he notes that small, elegant and successful systems 
> tend to be succeeded by over-engineered and bloated systems due to 
> inflated expectations and overconfidence.
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> I also discuss the Obsorne Effect in that article so I am thinking of 
> incorporating that as well.
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> Here is a list, I think we can add a few, I'd like your recommendations:
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> Second Systems
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> 1) OS/360, IBM (1964, the original second system, succeeded Series 700)
> 2) IBM OS/2 (Succeeded DOS, Windows 3.x)
> 3) Windows NT 3.1 (Succeeded OS, Windows 3.x)
> 4) Windows Vista (Succeeded Windows XP)
> 5) Windows 8/8.1 (Succeeded Windows 7)
> 6) BlackBerry OS 10 / BlackBerry Playbook (succeeded Blackberry 
> classic OS)
> 7) Palm WebOS (Succeeded classic Palm OS)
> 8) Apple System 7 (Replaced Apple System 6 and classic 68000 OS, was 
> ported to PowerPC)
> 9) Intel Itanium (Succeeded x86)
> 9.5) IBM PowerPC (Succeeded x86)
> 10)  NeXT (Succeeded Apple Mac)
> 11) Lisa (Succeeded Apple II, preceded Mac)
> 12) Apple III (Succeeded Apple II)
> 13) Commodore Amiga (Succeeded Commodore 64)
> 14) Atari ST (Succeeded Atari 800)
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> Osbornes
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> 1) The Original Osborne effect (Osborne 2)
> 2) Microsoft "Cairo" (Original Object-Oriented NT 5.0 project, failed)
> 3) Taligent OS (failed IBM/Apple Partnership to merge OSes)
> 4) SCO/IBM Project Monterey (this might be better on the Second System 
> list)
> 5) Google Fuchsia (potential Osborne)
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