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Does IBM have their own operating system?

OS/2 (Operating System/2) is a series of computer operating systems, initially created by Microsoft and IBM under the leadership of IBM software designer Ed Iacobucci.

Which vendor did IBM select to create the operating system for the IBM PC?

Microsoft
This radical break from company tradition of in-house development was one of the key decisions that made the IBM PC an industry standard. Microsoft, founded five years earlier by Bill Gates, was eventually selected for the operating system.

Which operating system is produced by IBM?

IBM OS/2, in full International Business Machines Operating System/2, an operating system introduced in 1987 by IBM and the Microsoft Corporation to operate the second-generation line of IBM personal computers, the PS/2 (Personal System/2).

What did IBM start out?

the Computing, Tabulating & Recording Company
IBM is, perhaps, the best known computer company in the world. It began as the Computing, Tabulating & Recording Company (C-T-R) founded by Herman Hollerith in the late 1800s.

Who developed the operating system OS 2 )?

Will Microsoft create an operating system for the IBM PC?

IBM and Microsoft formally sign an contract whereby Microsoft will create an operating system for the in-development IBM PC.

How did the IBM PC become the dominant platform?

It was IBM’s name that pushed the IBM PC into prominence, but it was the combination of hardware cloning and Microsoft licensing the operating system that created the dominant platform of the PC era, crushing nearly all competing personal computer platforms in the process.

Why did IBM sign a contract with Microsoft in 1980?

IBM and Microsoft formally sign an contract whereby Microsoft will create an operating system for the in-development IBM PC. During the summer of 1980, IBM was originally interested in licensing the popular CP/M operating system, but the inability to come to an agreement with Digital Research led IBM…

How did Microsoft get involved in the IBM PC project?

IBM asked Microsoft to license and further develop the operating system, which led to the formal contract on November 6, 1980. After the contract was signed, in December 1980 Microsoft would license the QDOS operating system to begin development of the IBM PC version.