OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/19977/eComStation_2_0_RC5_Released Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:11:48 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com eComStation myths http://www.osnews.com/thread?321580 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321580 Here is the collection of eComStation myths:
http://ecomstation.ru/myths Sun, 06 Jul 2008 09:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (e-co) Comments RE: eComStation myths http://www.osnews.com/thread?321586 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321586 "1. eComStation is ugly.

eComStation has powerful user interface, object oriented desktop. Users can change colors and icons. Visit the gallery of eComStation screenshots."

I visited the gallery and it *is* ugly! Throwing some Aqua-like icons and having ugly buttons and weird gradients won't make anything pretty.

Win9X is more pretty than this actually, at least it looks consistent. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (TLZ_) Comments what's the point? http://www.osnews.com/thread?321593 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321593 An OS that hasn't really been updated for over 10 years. Virtually no applications. 32 bit only. Very few drivers. Extremely expensive to purchase. What is the point unless you have critical OS/2 software? Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (unclefester) Comments RE[2]: eComStation myths http://www.osnews.com/thread?321609 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321609 It's ugly by todays standards, but back when OS/2 was first released, the interface was pretty damn sexy compared to the competition. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Laurence) Comments RE[2]: eComStation myths http://www.osnews.com/thread?321636 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321636 Definitively. Even Vista is nicer than those masterpieces of ugliness. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (biffuz) Comments RE: what's the point? http://www.osnews.com/thread?321656 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321656 You already said it. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ford Prefect) Comments Still better than Linux http://www.osnews.com/thread?321736 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321736 Personally, I prefer eComstation over Linux. I have tried three recent linux distros, and none of them ( Ubuntu, Fedora, or OpenSuse ) is able to recognize my monitor and configure itself properly. With eComstation this is not a problem. I can't use linux in its current state. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:32:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rogerufo) Comments RE: what's the point? http://www.osnews.com/thread?321738 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321738 Some of us aren't willing to settle for the creeping ABIs and the maze of constantly morphing desktop paradigms that Linux folks are seemingly willing to put up with? :-)

I've used Linux in parallel with OS/2 since the early 90's (OS/2 2.0 and SLS 0.99), and there are several reasons why my main desktop is still OS/2. Stability of a desktop installation over time is a huge part of it -- I'm sick and tired of having to refresh my base distro every 2-3 years.

Of course, as an existing OS/2 user the fee for an eCS license isn't that bad. Not that my main desktop runs eCS, mind you. That's a secondary desktop license for me. My primary is Warp 4 FP 15.Edited 2008-07-07 17:06 UTC Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rcsteiner) Comments RE[2]: eComStation myths http://www.osnews.com/thread?321740 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321740 You know the state of the OS hobbyist community has gone downhill when flashy icons and windowing effects make a larger impression than the actual functionality of a desktop.

The WPS is still one of the best when it comes to raw usefulness. A new paint job doesn't make a desktop any more useful -- all it does is make the potholes look pretty. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (rcsteiner) Comments RE[3]: eComStation myths http://www.osnews.com/thread?321833 http://www.osnews.com/thread?321833
The WPS is still one of the best when it comes to raw usefulness. A new paint job doesn't make a desktop any more useful -- all it does is make the potholes look pretty.


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Or as Jean-Louis Gassee put it, "At the risk of sounding ageist, sexist, and French: you can dress Grandma up in a multimedia mini-skirt and take her out to a night club, but that still doesn't mean she's going to score." Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:34:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BallmerKnowsBest) Comments