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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Hi
I am an OS/2 user since 1996 (Warp v3). Over these years one big obstacle for this
OS was support for video display adapters. But that has been fixed now. IBM has licensed Scitech Display Drivers (of course developed in Germany -- StarOffice was also developed there). Now, with SDD most display adapters are supported in OS/2.
Sooo, It is a shame an excellent OS have this fate. ECS is a hope. But what will reverse the lag in the OS development is Open Source. IMO, ECS and even MCP are 'maintenance' products. I mean that code update is minimal. Of course, Serenity have created a very attractive bundle. But the key part of an OS is the kernel and API development. There is no more _innovation_ and real development in OS/2 thats why other OS have advanced and catch it up and even leave it in the dust in some areas. BTW, this was MS strategy with the win9x to provide an OS with some multi-tasking capabilities until they were able to improve NT... the result was
WIN 2000 - IMO the first OS MS developed that was superior to OS/2..
IBM, should Open Source this product. They talk much about open source, now thay can prove if they fully supports the Open Source movement. Just remove those darn parts of the code which are propierty of other companies and make room for development. I bet, there could be a functional OS/2 OS (Open Source) release within a couple of years.
Later
Edfel