Yeah I was hoping it might "win". It wasn't just the OS/2, it was those "low-profile" desktop boxes, too--it all seemed very Modern Still running PS2 mice HAH HAH! In truth, I was already bleeding 6-color Apple blood by then and lost maybe 12 years (and bunches of kilobucks) on that branch.
Just have a soft spot for guys that get on a mystery and ride it down deep and then post about it. Gives me the false illusion to retain hope for the world.
I still try to help-out with DSL (linux) and these machines are not dead to us--for as long as we can keep it that way, anyway. Might be headed to NetBSD after 2k28 to keep things out of landfills, though.