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   Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Sunday, 07-Jul-2024 00:50:04 JST Pawlicker

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   @SuperSnekFriend @greentext @marlin It was the same with the Windows key, and why IBM protested it with ThinkPads.
   
   Every single IBM manufactured and designed ThinkPad (except for the Acer manufactured models, the i Series) had an obvious omission: the Windows Key.
   
   Aside from being "OS Neutral" (they had OS/2 drivers for a long period of time even), one could easily guess it had to do with the falling out between Microsoft and IBM in the early-mid 90s, first with the OS/2 split in favor of Windows NT and then the infamous move of holding Windows 95 licenses until the last minute, and punishing them for selling competitors to Windows and Office.
   
   https://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/08/business/ibm-official-has-harsh-words-for-microsoft.html
   
   This is the commonly accepted theory on why ThinkPads lacked a Windows key, and this would be changed when Lenovo bought the PC division of IBM and rolled out the co-branded *60 models, which had a Windows key.