On 07/28/2010 07:53 PM, Mark Wallace wrote: > > 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. > > OS/2 isn't open source, or linux, and is also finally no longer > supported by IBM, so probably way too off topic for this group / list. > > It might make a good dinner time discussion if you are there next week. >
An interesting article on OS/2 was posted recently on the Linux Journal web site: http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/new-os2-rumours-could-be-interesting The New OS/2 Rumours Could Be Interesting (Here are the first two paragraphs of the article:) Some rumours have emerged that IBM is considering an OS/2 comeback and I'm filled with the same mixed feelings that always emerge whenever the subject is raised. Would I want OS/2 back on my desktop now? Not really. Have these rumours got me a bit excited? Absolutely. In fact, I'm willing to take a guess about what the new OS/2 might be. I'll go out on a limb and say that the chances of IBM recommitting to classic OS/2 are close to zero. Like a lot of great systems of the 1990s, such as the Amiga or NEXT, OS/2 would look laughably out of date now next to, say, the latest KDE or Windows Vista. A lot of its advantages, such as its industry leading DOS support, are irrelevant and most of its other cool features have been equalled or superseded in later systems. In my opinion, ex-users tend to view the user interface through rose tinted glasses. It was good, for the time, but I wouldn't want to give up niceties such as my modern file manager in KDE to return to what OS/2 had. (Sean: please forgive me for posting to threads that you want terminated.) _______________________________________________ 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
