Hit the send button in pine too quick. Still used to mutt :) The new OS/2 has a lot of different stuff in it. I have not seen it running but have heard that they abandoned hpfs due to issues with Microsoft and its NTFS and for some more technical reasons. A lot of the press lately seems to open the old sores on IBM's approaches to OS/2 and its commitment to NT. Yup NT. Hard to believe that divisions within IBM would devote themselves to removing OS/2 while PSP (personal software products) would strenuously object but not gain ground. Witness that their hardware aptiva division would not even list OS/2 in the press as being supported or a choice on a select a operating system choices. -- Michael Perry mperry@znet.com ----------------- On Sat, 5 Jun 1999, Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote:
Michael Perry wrote:
This is a good point regarding IBM. I did OS/2 since the 2.1 days and went through 3.0 and 4.0 as first a beta and gamma tester for IBM and then on to using it. IBM's commitment to end users for OS/2 has always been questionable. I dont think that IBM's commitment to their established vertical market is sagging though. These are their "bread and butter" clients. They still release fixpacks for the warp family of products.
I also did support through a lot of mechanisms some years ago including mailing lists, web pages, and I helped chair the first Warpstock.
OS/2's longevity is not directly tied to IBM these days. People will continue to use OS/2 because its inherently superior to NT and any win 9x product. I still have a warp 3 partition here which works quite well. Their new product includes a journaling file system and is primarily a
Primarily a "what"? ;-)
Nice set of credentials, Michael, it good to have you on this list!
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