http://www.osnews.com/story/23460/Java_for_OS_2_eComStation_Project_Started Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Fri, 24 May 2013 14:18:07 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread?430814 http://www.osnews.com/thread?430814 It is definitely possible, the BSD people have pulled this off, and it has been done before by Innotek. But I cannot stop wondering why? The WSEB kernel is closed-source and owned by IBM. They do not have a real interest in supporting OS/2 for the general public, except for the few customers that they still have. The architecture is not going to move, and will slowly become obsolete.

If people like the Workplace Shell and API so much, port it to another environment (BSD or Linux) where it can shine... I know that such an effort is underway. And you'll get Java for free... Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (danieldk) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?430849 http://www.osnews.com/thread?430849 I heard somewhere that many banking terminals still use OS/2 and eComStation. Modern Java support would theoretically ease the transition to something newer and better, be it on the server or the client side.

Also, as a desktop OS, it would surely be nice to have access to the repository of desktop Java software, which is unquestionably much larger and more up-to-date than anything else in the OS/2 world. Eclipse in particular, being an IBM project and all, seems like a prime example. Sun, 20 Jun 2010 23:00:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Moochman) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?430854 http://www.osnews.com/thread?430854 As more and more applications are being developed in Java, having an up-to-date Java Virtual Machine becomes a rapid way to access such recent applications. This is a worthwhile path to renew the interest in the platform and get a few developers back into native development for OS/2 and eConStation (and also the OS/2 recreation projects). Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (BlueofRainbow) Comments