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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I loved the article! But your last two paragraphs conflict with each other.
You stated: "please do not forget that eCS OS/2 is a business level OS, not a consumer level one"
Then you say: "Its GUI is aged, hardware support has been kept a bit back, multimedia needs more attention... I want to see development tools coming with the distribution."
It is a business grade OS. Most don't come with dev tools or focus on media playback. If I am going to get a server OS, it's going to be my server. Not playing DVDs or compiling on it. It's going to serve. And most businesses if doing any development will gladly buy their development tools. Most don't come with dev tools out of the box.
I also didn't see you mention DesktopOnCall. I know it comes with eCS. That would have been a great thing to add, since in the end there you make mention of VirtualPC coming out for it. DesktopOnCall lets you run your machine as a VNC type server, but you can access it from any java-capable browser (in case you didn't try it).
Other than that, I thouroughly enjoyed the article. I run OS/2 everyday, as it is my main OS, with BeOS being my number 2. OS/2 does all my real work, and I use BeOS for little media things. to Many of us OS/2 users the price is as expected, since we are used to paying much more for something than in other OSes (RSJ CD-Writer is a FINE example of pricing)
Thanks for the mention of OS/2!
Adam McNutt