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IBM Workplace OS: The Grand Unification Project That Never Became a Product

IBM Workplace OS tried to run multiple operating-system personalities over one Mach-derived microkernel, but scope, performance, PowerPC timing, and organizational complexity turned unification into a costly dead end.

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