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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 29th Jun 2007 13:12 UTC

Recently, Serenity Systems released the ~~second~~ first release candidate of eComStation 2.0, the successor to IBM's os/2. Mensys, the online distributor of eComStation and other os/2-related products, was so kind as to provide OSNews with a review copy of this release candidate, and since my experience with os/2 and eCS is not much more than a few failed attempts at installing Warp 4, I was eager to try it out. Read on for a short history of os/2 and eCS and a review of the release candidate.

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by Sparrowhawk on Fri 29th Jun 2007 14:09 UTC

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2005-07-11

Corporates, vertical markets, anywhere where a core application is running under OS/2 and the cost/risk factors make change prohibitive.

Also, for anyone with an existing eCS license the upgrade is likely to be around the $70 mark, if the previous upgrades are anything to go by.

The full price is so high because of the way IBM licenses the technology to Serenity.

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by kaiwai on Fri 29th Jun 2007 17:55 in reply to "RE: ..."

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2005-07-06

The full price is so high because of the way IBM licenses the technology to Serenity.

That, and Serenity works on the basis of small amounts of sales; I'm sure if a company approached them to purchase 10,000 licences the price will be substantially less than the ticket price listed in the article.

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