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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If I understand IBM's OS/2 site correctly, the last of their support doesn't end until 12/31/2002. At the point that IBM has completely given up on the product (and I will always hate them for doing that), I would expcect eComm to take off like a rocket.
OS/2 is heavily used in Europe, particularly in German banking. IBM was going to pull the plug on OS/2 years ago. When IBM put the word out, the response from Europe was both loud and ugly: If we don't have an IBM OS, then we'll stop buying both IBM apps _and_ IBM hardware. IBM backed off.