Microsoft and IBM fought over the future of OS/2, leading up to the release of Windows 95. Even after IBM admitted defeat, the OS/2 Warp 4 update arrived for the platform's remaining fans.

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Sources:
• https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/28/business/ibm-plans-to-consolidate-os-2-development-in-texas.html
• https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/08/science/personal-computers-os-2-no-longer-at-home-at-home.html
• http://www.albion.com/microsoft/findings-23.html
• https://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-warp-4/
• https://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-timeline/
• https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/25/business/ibm-introducing-merlin-its-latest-os-2-software.html
• https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/ibm-to-bury-os2/
• http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9909/23/os2.death.knell.idg/index.html

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