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| From | Bob Loblaw <BL@LinuxProfessionals.com> |
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| Date | Tue, 3 Nov 2015 19:01:23 -0500 |
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On 2015-11-03 15:40:16 +0000, Slimer said: > On 2015-11-03 10:30 AM, Bob Loblaw wrote: >> On 2015-11-03 15:09:44 +0000, Slimer said: >> >>> PC users might finally have a decent alternative to Windows! >> >> OS X has been the supperior alternative to Windows since at least OS X 10.3 >> >> >>> >>> <http://tech.slashdot.org/story/15/11/03/1337254/the-return-of-os2-warp-set-for-2016?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29> >>> >>> >>> >>> We all known the ill-fated history of IBM's OS/2 Warp, while some others >>> may not know about the first OS/2-OEM distribution called eComStation. >>> Now a new company called Arca Noae, not happy with the results of this >>> last distribution, has signed an agreement with IBM to create a new OS/2 >>> version. They announced a new OS, codenamed "Blue Lion," at Warpstock >>> 2015 this last October; this will be based on OS/2 Warp 4.52 and the SMP >>> kernel. The OS/2 community has taken this news with positivism and the >>> OS2World community is now requesting everybody that has developed for >>> OS/2 on the past to open source their source code to collaborate. >> >> For real? Wow. The blood actually drained from my head and I had >> visions of hell. I mean, it's dead Jim. >> >> (nitpick: "taken this news with positivism" should be written "taken >> this news positively" otherwise you sound like a community college >> dropout). > > OS/2 still provides more hope for a decent alternative to Windows than > Linux does. If IBM gets involved and actively develops for it, it might > turn into something decent. It development is left to the same kind of > people responsible for what we see in Linux, it's doomed. IBM don't care. Really. They were nice to license the source to AN but IBM will carry on with its other ventures and not pay any attention to OS/2. This is not a bad thing. This is not a good thing. It just is.
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OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-03 10:09 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Bob Loblaw <BL@LinuxProfessionals.com> - 2015-11-03 10:30 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-03 10:40 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-11-03 13:04 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-03 14:45 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Bob Loblaw <BL@LinuxProfessionals.com> - 2015-11-03 19:25 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-11-04 14:23 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-04 15:39 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-03 16:09 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Bob Loblaw <BL@LinuxProfessionals.com> - 2015-11-03 19:30 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-03 19:35 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-03 19:20 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-04 11:56 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-11-04 19:08 +0100
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-05 07:29 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-05 08:44 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-04 14:49 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-04 15:00 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-04 17:25 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-11-04 14:24 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Tattoo Vampire <sitting@this.computer> - 2015-11-05 12:31 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2015-11-05 07:51 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-05 09:59 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-05 10:02 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-05 10:10 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-05 13:34 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-05 13:33 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-03 16:09 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-03 18:41 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-03 19:21 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-04 09:33 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2015-11-04 09:48 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-04 10:48 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Bob Loblaw <BL@LinuxProfessionals.com> - 2015-11-03 19:01 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-11-03 13:03 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Bob Loblaw <BL@LinuxProfessionals.com> - 2015-11-03 19:03 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-11-04 14:23 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2015-11-03 17:24 -0800
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Takuya Saitoh <taka0038@gmail.com> - 2015-11-03 17:41 -0800
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-03 21:05 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-11-04 23:04 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-11-04 23:15 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-11-04 19:46 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-04 18:27 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-03 21:04 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-11-05 15:28 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-05 10:40 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-11-06 12:27 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-11-06 13:33 +0100
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-06 07:52 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-11-06 14:31 +0100
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-06 08:33 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-11-06 14:39 +0100
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2015-11-06 07:41 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2015-11-07 09:21 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-07 10:18 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2015-11-07 12:44 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-11-07 19:49 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-09 07:22 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Lloyd Parsons <lloydp211@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 13:32 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-06 08:50 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-11-06 13:53 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-06 09:04 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-06 07:26 -0800
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-11-09 12:51 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 06:47 -0800
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-11-10 09:29 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 08:02 -0800
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-11-12 11:12 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-12 11:09 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-10 09:29 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 08:38 -0800
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-11-12 11:18 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-12 11:10 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-11-09 09:16 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 09:10 -0800
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-06 12:50 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2015-11-06 23:06 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-06 18:12 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-11-07 00:27 +0100
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-06 18:30 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-11-07 00:35 +0100
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Big Fish in a Small Crotch <bigfishinasmallcrotch@myself.com> - 2015-11-06 18:41 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-06 18:58 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-11-06 19:48 -0700
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-11-06 18:53 -0500
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-11-06 09:49 -0600
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2015-11-06 13:28 +0000
Re: OS/2 Warp set to return in 2016 Lloyd E Parsons <lloydp21@live.com> - 2015-11-06 07:34 -0600
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