A microkernel based OS/2 was ported to the POWER architecture. I've got a book I bought at the _mall_ about it laying around somewhere.
And the interface was supposed to be the end all-be all of GUIs. My understanding is the "presentation somethingorother" was supposed to interface to OS/400, and just about everything else. I stood by OS/2 for quite awhile. Bought software, bought games. Some of them still hanging around in the old boxes. chris > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Stephens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 10:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OS/2 RIP > > Funny how things go - when OS/2 WARP was first announced and > while it was still in existence PTG (prior to Gerstner), I > always regretted not having a chance to learn about it and > work with it. I see I needn't have worried ... > > ... yeah, I know, you can't play with everything ... but it > always seems, in my career, that I'm over here when I need to > be over there ... > > ... I always thought that OS/2 WARP was the best chance > anyone had of overtaking Windows (Linux was kind of nascent > then), and when I read that IBM was being backward about > disclosing internals to developers to build things like > device drivers (in complete contrast to Microsoft (Jerry > Pournelle even wrote about this in a "Chaos Manor" column in > Byte years ago (remember Byte?))), I thought, well, they > haven't learned anything from Micro-Channel architecture or > other closed proprietary endeavors, but when I read about Lou > G "ceding" the desktop battles to Microsoft, you have to ask, > why did they even bother showing up for the game if they > weren't going to play to win? > > Sigh ... I heard that OS/2 WARP was pretty slick ... seems > like it should have been worth saving and remarketing. > Imagine if OS/2 had been ported to run under VM, even to RS6K > or AS/400. Now you'd have a common software architecture > across all platforms. Seems like that should be a Good Thing. > Now Linux is doing that in 2005, when IBM could have done it > in 1995. I simply don't understand; someone help me ... > > Oh well ... another one bytes the dust ... > > Regards, > Bill Stephens > Sr. Technology Analyst, High Availability SunGard > Availability Services 10th floor > 401 North Broad Street > Philadelphia, PA 19108 > Phone: (215) 351-1099 > Fax: (215) 451-2045 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___________________________________________ > Keeping People and Information Connected (TM) > http://www.availability.sungard.com > > > > > > Tom Duerbusch > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > iscity.com> > To > Sent by: VM/ESA > [email protected] > and z/VM > cc > Discussions > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject > .UARK.EDU> OS/2 RIP > > > > > > 12/23/2005 11:12 > > AM > > > > > > Please respond to > > VM/ESA and z/VM > > Discussions > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > .UARK.EDU> > > > > > > > > > > Many thought that it died a long time ago... > > "OS/2 is finally being withdrawn on December 23, 2005. > According to the IBM Web site on OS/2 Warp migration (see > Resources), there is no replacement product from IBM. IBM > suggests that OS/2 customers consider Linux." > > I was initially trained on OS/2 and DB2 on OS/2 1.3 DBE (Data Base > Edition) on a 286 processor. Things have certainly come a long way. > > Tom Duerbusch > THD Consulting >
