Goodnight, OS/2...

[Eric J Korpela]

On 7/15/05, Cini, Richard <Richard.Cini at wachovia.com> wrote: 
> OK, the inevitable Slashdot-type question...when will IBM open license OS/2
> (if at all)? There have been calls for this for years before IBM finally
> nailed the coffin shut.

They probably can't.  It's likely there is still Microsoft code
lurking in the dark recesses of OS/2.  At the very least, the 32-bit
versions of OS/2 were written by developers with access to the 16-bit
code which was, at least in part, owned by Microsoft.

Eric