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At the time (1980s), the [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) was still in its early stages of popularity, but already it was clear that the foundation of a good GUI was a graphics API with strong ''real-time interactive'' capabilities. Unfortunately, the design of GDDM was closer to (at the time) traditional graphics APIs like [[GKS]], which made it unsuited for more than the simplest interactive uses.

It wasn't long before Microsoft and IBM went their separate ways, Microsoft to continue development of its [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] operating environment with [[GDIGraphics Device Interface]] (GDI) graphics API, leaving IBM to persist with OS/2 for several more years.

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