Goodnight, OS/2...

[Bjørn Vermo]

On 15 Jul, 2005, at 11:47, Cini, Richard 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.

There is absolutely no possibility that IBM wil open-source OS/2. 
Microsoft has joint ownership to part of the code.

It would be nice if we could get Workplace Shell upgraded and made 
available for Linux, I believe IBM have all the rights to that.
In the meantime, I am happily running eComStation, which is the current 
SOHO-distro of OS/2.
That is, however, not going to be on-topic for a long time, since it is 
still marketed and maintained.

And as long as several major banks and at least one major credit card 
company continue to rely on OS/2, IBM will continue to maintain it on a 
paid basis.
Expensive, but probably worth the money when you are in that line of 
business.

-- 
-bv