OS/2 lives still, with no help at all from IBM (which, even if it wanted to open-source OS/2, is alleged to have lost the source code of crucial parts of the operating system) but with much help from dedicated programmers in Russia, Eastern Europe and other countries:
http://www.ecomstation.com I have it running on two AMD dual-core machines (OS/2 supported 64 CPUs from way back) with on-board Gigabit networking and sound. 73 Alan NV8A On 03/30/08 12:38 pm Howard Brown wrote: > I read the article. Nonetheless, the first NT release was originally > intended to be 'the next' OS/2 release. Believe it or not, IBM and > MS were in a partnership at that time. > > When MS went off on their own, IBM took over OS/2 from them. > > I have an interesting video clip of Bill Gates saying "OS/2, the > operating system of the future. > > I lived through that experience. Now I use Linux.
