On Monday 19 February 2007 06:54, James Mckenzie wrote: > OS/2 is still technically superior to any version of Windows (there is a > batch file that will bring XP and even Server 2003 to its knees as it takes > up all of the CPU cycles) in my humble opinion. However, it runs on almost > all home PCs here in the United States and many outside of the U.S. Thus > all new software is going to be developed for this platform outside of a > few 'special' programs which are developed for the Mac.
> >> OS/2 still exists. I forget the name it is going by these days and > >> most, if not all bank branches use this. It is sort of like the death > >> of COBOL. It is still alive and kicking. > >> BTW, I was one of the founding members of TeamOS/2 and would still be > >> using it today if it were not for a change of heart of IBM in 1999. At > >> that point OS/2 was up to version 4.0, which I helped perform QA on. > > > >Same here. "The OS/2 Hobbit" was in my sigline for years. (I thought > >something a little gentler than all those Blue Ninjas was wanted.) It > >took MS until XP for Windows even to approximate OS/2's quality. It's currently called Ecomstation. I can't remember what version it is now, probably 1.3 or so, and Serenity Systems has tried very hard to keep it going. I left for Linux when I realized most of the programs being ported for OS/2 came from Linux in the first place. And if you think it's hard to find Linux drivers, wait until you look for OS/2 ones. I still have a hard time forgiving IBM for their abandonment of a system much better than Windows. -- Bob Smits [EMAIL PROTECTED] In most countries selling harmful things like drugs is punishable. Then how come people can sell Microsoft software and go unpunished? --Hasse Skrifvars --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
