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OS/2-tan was born to the [[Microsoft-IBM Family]] during when the two companies were cooperating. It was a cloistered but happy childhood as she had everything she needed, but saw or dealt with few other OS-tans in the market outside of her immediate family.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1200.msg12681.html#msg12681 OS-tan Annex Project] "OS/2-tan was born during the era when Microsoft (M$) and IBM were still cooperating.  It was a cloistered childhood -- she had everything she needed, but saw or dealt with few other OS-tans in the market outside of her immediate family:  Windows 1.0-tan, MSDOS-tan, PCDOS-tan, Xenix-tan."</ref>
OS/2-tan was born to the [[Microsoft-IBM Family]] during when the two companies were cooperating. It was a cloistered but happy childhood as she had everything she needed, but saw or dealt with few other OS-tans in the market outside of her immediate family.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1200.msg12681.html#msg12681 OS-tan Annex Project] "OS/2-tan was born during the era when Microsoft (M$) and IBM were still cooperating.  It was a cloistered childhood -- she had everything she needed, but saw or dealt with few other OS-tans in the market outside of her immediate family:  Windows 1.0-tan, MSDOS-tan, PCDOS-tan, Xenix-tan."</ref>


Although she was a nice girl, she was trained to be the operating system of the future, making her come off at times as overconfident and arrogant. When [[Windows 2.0 | Windows 2.0-tan]] was born, she took pity on who she thought would be the last Windows ever created, and looked after her like an overprotective sister. The two girls grew close to each other,<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1200.msg12681.html#msg12681 OS-tan Annex Project] "OS/2-tan was trained from the start to be the operating system of the future -- although she was a nice girl, she would at times come off as a little overconfident and arrogant.  When Windows 2.0-tan was born, for example, OS/2-tan took pity on what she thought would be the "last Windows" ever created, and looked after her like an overprotective step sister.  Soon both would become genuinely friendly though."</ref> even exchanging promises to stay with each other no matter what.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,460.msg35993.html#msg35993 OS-tan Families]: "Both of them exchange promises to look after one another, and always be together to the end."</ref> Her happy childhood started to fall apart with the event of [[Windows 3.1 | Windows 3.1-tan]] (then Windows 3.0-tan) birth. 3.1-tan's success and rumors of collusion with other entities to create NT-tan were what led to the Microsoft-IBM Family breaking up.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1200.msg12681.html#msg12681 OS-tan Annex Project] "Naturally, 3.0-tan's birth and rumors of M$'s secret collaborations with non-IBM entities (to create NT), were . . . what broke up the family.  I will leave the cause of the breakup ambiguous -- but rather than say that IBM betrayed M$ or M$ betrayed IBM, I'm convinced that it was purely intentional."</ref>
Although she was a nice girl, she was trained to be the operating system of the future, making her come off at times as overconfident and arrogant. When [[Windows 2.0 | Windows 2.0-tan]] was born, she took pity on who she thought would be the last Windows ever created, and looked after her like an overprotective sister. The two girls grew close to each other,<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1200.msg12681.html#msg12681 OS-tan Annex Project] "OS/2-tan was trained from the start to be the operating system of the future -- although she was a nice girl, she would at times come off as a little overconfident and arrogant.  When Windows 2.0-tan was born, for example, OS/2-tan took pity on what she thought would be the "last Windows" ever created, and looked after her like an overprotective step sister.  Soon both would become genuinely friendly though."</ref> even exchanging promises to stay with each other no matter what.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,460.msg35993.html#msg35993 OS-tan Families]: "Both of them exchange promises to look after one another, and always be together to the end."</ref> Her happy childhood started to fall apart with the birth of [[Windows 3.1 | Windows 3.1-tan]] (then Windows 3.0-tan). 3.1-tan's success and rumors of collusion with other entities to create NT-tan led to the Microsoft-IBM Family breaking up.<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1200.msg12681.html#msg12681 OS-tan Annex Project] "Naturally, 3.0-tan's birth and rumors of M$'s secret collaborations with non-IBM entities (to create NT), were . . . what broke up the family.  I will leave the cause of the breakup ambiguous -- but rather than say that IBM betrayed M$ or M$ betrayed IBM, I'm convinced that it was purely intentional."</ref>


After the family breakup, she was trained by IBM to be a mean and efficient fighter. While their methods were effective, they were also mercilessly spartan and she was left sheltered even while the Windows-tans were quickly expanding their horizons. She took the loss of her family hard, but was still loyal to her company. She hoped that in defeating the Windows line, the victor could decide the rules; hence, she intended to fight in order to reunite with her family.<ref>"OS/2-tan would take the loss of her family hard, but was still firmly loyal to her company.  Plus it was her hope that in defeating the WIndows line, the victor could decide the rules,... hence, she would fight in order to get her family back."</ref> During the OS Wars, OS/2-tan got the chance to face off against [[Windows 95 | 95-tan]]. The battle that ensued was long and hard, and although OS/2-tan almost succeeded, she was sabotaged, resulting in 95-tan's victory.<ref>"It was during the so-called "OS Wars" of the mid 90's that she finally got a chance to face off against the Windows champion (95-tan) -- the battle that ensued was long and hard, and although OS/2-tan almost succeeded, her company accidentally(?) sabotaged her effort, handing the victory to 95-tan."</ref>
After the family breakup, she was trained by IBM to be a mean and efficient fighter. While their methods were effective, they were also mercilessly spartan and she was left sheltered even while the Windows-tans were quickly expanding their horizons. She took the loss of her family hard, but was still loyal to her company. She hoped that in defeating the Windows line, the victor could decide the rules; hence, she intended to fight to reunite her family.<ref>"OS/2-tan would take the loss of her family hard, but was still firmly loyal to her company.  Plus it was her hope that in defeating the WIndows line, the victor could decide the rules,... hence, she would fight in order to get her family back."</ref> During the OS Wars, OS/2-tan got the chance to face off against [[Windows 95 | 95-tan]]. The battle that ensued was long and hard, and although OS/2-tan almost succeeded, she was sabotaged, resulting in 95-tan's victory.<ref>"It was during the so-called "OS Wars" of the mid 90's that she finally got a chance to face off against the Windows champion (95-tan) -- the battle that ensued was long and hard, and although OS/2-tan almost succeeded, her company accidentally(?) sabotaged her effort, handing the victory to 95-tan."</ref>


This loss, plus her company's growing indifference, isolation and watching the world fall in love with the Windows-tans drove her mad with vengeance. Since she was still too loyal to take out her frustrations on IBM, she focused all of it on her foes.<ref>"This loss + IBM's growing indifference to her + watching the world fall in love with (in her mind) devious OS-tans + her own lonely life, are what begin to drive her a bit insane and vengeful. Since she was still too loyal to take out her frustrations on IBM, she focused all of it on the Windows-tans."</ref> Using funds from her involvement in finance,<ref>"she does get funding for it by brokering various "financial assets" (e.g. automated teller machines)."</ref> she founded and leads the [[Antisoft Coalition | Anti$oft Coalition]] with the hope of vanquishing the Windows Family for the injustices caused to her and others.
This loss, plus her company's growing indifference, isolation and watching the world fall in love with the Windows-tans drove her mad with vengeance. Since she was still too loyal to take out her frustrations on IBM, she focused all of it on her foes.<ref>"This loss + IBM's growing indifference to her + watching the world fall in love with (in her mind) devious OS-tans + her own lonely life, are what begin to drive her a bit insane and vengeful. Since she was still too loyal to take out her frustrations on IBM, she focused all of it on the Windows-tans."</ref> Using funds from her involvement in finance,<ref>"she does get funding for it by brokering various "financial assets" (e.g. automated teller machines)."</ref> she founded and leads the [[Antisoft Coalition | Anti$oft Coalition]] with the hope of vanquishing the Windows Family for the injustices caused to her and others.
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