I did a google search but am concerned that the information about OS2 is either dated or slanted.
Search results revealed the following. Somebody please comment on the accuracy. OS2 is not totally open source because some of the code that it uses is Microsoft proprietary code. Although something called OSFree is being developed, it is not ready for prime time. That means that it is not GPL. IBM and Microsoft were working on it together until 1990, but them Windows took off and left IBM flat. IBM stopped supporting it in 2006. OS2 will not work on an x86 processor (true?) OS2 is the dominant operating system for ATM machines. It looks like there were significant periods of time in which no OS2 development took place. The group of people working on OS2 or OSFree, I'm not sure which, are doing it on their own time. It may have technical advantages or drawbacks vis a vis linux and Windows. But it isn't ready for prime time, so Ubuntu is the most viable free replacement system for Windows. Only a programmer could get a desktop up, running and productive in OS2 Again, to the subscribers who aren't familiar with OS2, I am not sure if any of the above is correct. I am seeking comment from the chat subscribers to verify all of the above. A presentation on OS2 might be a good topic for a future meeting, especially if it is at the point that CD's could be handed out and non-techies could self install. Mark -- Robert Mark Wallace 60 Delaware Road Newburgh, NY 12550-3802 Telephone: (845) 566-0586 Visit my Blog, Mark Wallace Following Christ, at > http://markwallacefollowingchrist.blogspot.com/ > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Aug 4 - Samba Sep 1 - BOINC Oct 6 - Creating Firefox Extensions
