PDA

View Full Version : Whatever happened to OS/2 ?


armageddon08
October 18th, 2009, 08:57 PM
I've been following the thread about Haiku OS. I've gathered that it is based on BeOS which is said to have been a very advanced OS for its time. I've also heard that there was another OS, IBM's OS/2, which was also considered to be very advanced for its time. So what happened to it ? Are there any projects on reviving it?
SunnyRabbiera
October 18th, 2009, 09:22 PM
I've been following the thread about Haiku OS. I've gathered that it is based on BeOS which is said to have been a very advanced OS for its time. I've also heard that there was another OS, IBM's OS/2, which was also considered to be very advanced for its time. So what happened to it ? Are there any projects on reviving it?

What happened to O/S2? Microsoft happened:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2
dragos240
October 18th, 2009, 09:24 PM
Yep.
Dr. C
October 18th, 2009, 09:49 PM
There is eComStation (http://www.ecomstation.com/) the successor that has continued where from IBM left; however if Microsoft mortally wounded OS/2, GNU / Linux has given it the coup de grāce.