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#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogFind #ibm #os2 #firefox #mozilla Catch of the Day: The OS that tried to beat Windows! 🏢🔵 Hey Retro Fans! Hold on to your floppy disks, because the FrogFind radar has caught a true piece of computing history today. Among all the Nintendos and old Macs, an operating system appeared that will make IT veterans immediately nod in respect: OS/2! Our bouncer logged this fabulous guest: Mozilla Firefox 48.0 running on OS/2 For the younger frogs in the pond: OS/2 was developed jointly by IBM and Microsoft in the late 80s and was intended to be the successor to DOS. It was technically superior, and its stable multitasking was a dream! But then Microsoft released Windows 3.1 and later Windows 95, the partnership shattered, and IBM's "better Windows" lost the great war for home computers. The fact that today, in 2026, someone is browsing the web with OS/2 (probably via a modern continuation like ArcaOS or eComStation) and a specifically ported Firefox 48 is pure, unbridled love for the platform. OS/2 lives, and it uses FrogFind! Cheers to the OS/2 Warp veterans! Your FrogFind Team 🐸