Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 4th Dec 2001 17:47 UTC
IBM's OS/2 has a great history as a workstation operating system, it was a major alternative OS in the '90s. At its peak time in the mid-'90s OS/2 had about 2 million users but the Windows NT and Windows 95 releases broke its further development. This year Serenity Systems has released a new client version of OS/2. This article will introduce you to what OS/2 is all about. You will learn its history, its user interface, and its power under the hood. The article is also accompanied by a number of screenshots.
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Well, what a bit of nostalgia this was. We all have our addictions, and one of mine are various OSes. Linux is awesome as an OS, but is still a bit bare on apps (tho gaining). Win 2000 runs okay, but other than one fast box I have, I'd rather not load such a monster on my old boxes. All that to say, I ran OS/2 for years with pleasure. Only when IBM abandoned it after a disasterous marketing campaign (anyone remember the OS/2-sponsored new years' football game... can't recall what bowl it was) did I see the handwriting on the wall. Even then, I hung in there for another couple years, dual-booting my OS/2 and a windoze partition for when I just had to have a 32-bit app.
When will OS/2 run 32 bit apps? If it did, end game. And a redesign of the WP shell would help, though like others here I enjoy the basics of that shell. I wish anyone well who renovates, tweaks, and in other ways rejuvinates OS/2... it is an awesome and enjoyable OS and truthfully my favorite, tho partially due to nostalgia. Anyone remember CP/M juiced up with ZCPR? Ha, ha....
(In His Grace)
jon trott