[vox] OS/2 and Linux, why has IBM changed?

[Eric D. Pierce]

Per the presentation from IBM, does anyone have any
observations on why they are so enthusiastic about Linux,
but they never properly supported or marketed OS/2?

Conventional wisdom is that top management at IBM never
intended to let the OS/2 group really "bust loose", and
OS/2 was even specifically torpedoed by top IBM management
once its incredible potential became obvious.

I'm mainly interested in "business philosophy" or
sociological observations.

thanks,
ep