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« Last post by JTA on July 09, 2025, 04:40:44 pm »
" Shame to see you go, but quite understandable as the OS/2 base continues to shrink. "
This comment got me thinking ... I'm not sure it's "shrinking", so much as folks just don't know to get OS/2 stuff done in modern times. Perhaps this is an issue with "getting the message out", to dev's, gamer's, end-user's, etc.
I can't think of any vehicle more important than:
- Warpstock ... this org seems "glacial" to me ... it still exists, but moves very slowly, so it seems to not get the word out to those who need it. You would want to go here, but there's nothing "there". This thread itself cries out for a "dev model" or template (or three), that anyone can d/l and run, and do productive things with. I suggest pre-built vm's ...
- user groups ... these do seem to have fallen by the wayside, and I don't know what to do. I tried joining a cali one, but that just dead-ended. So, user groups need to be rekindled, somehow ...
- Team OS/2 ... I've harped on this, and I'll gladly be one of the cheerleaders, but, somehow, we've all got to get together and decide how to push this forward.
I've done several threads on the above, but, in a forum, it's hard to evangelize and get action ... something else is needed.
In the meantime, AToF works, and would work well for dev's, gamer's, end-user's (working to complete my "Live-USB" concept (BTW, I need ArcaOS to work towards a "demo" mechanism, cause I'm stuck using "warp 3" demo as a placeholder VM (demo licensing issues for a LiveUSB))), and many other use cases. OS/2 is still very relevant ... it needs to be in front of everyone's face, so they stop bleating that it is dead (apparently, we all enjoy beating a supposedly dead horse).