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I am wondering how long one can ride the dead horse...

Wow a missed that one.. in my case, how long can you have a hobbie? Months? Years? a Lifetime?

I started to think that time is not important for the ones that are here for fun and do not have a business model with OS/2. This is a community site, while it remains fun we are going to still hang out here :)

For me the hobby seems to be a Lifetimejob...  ;)  The 5 years I mentioned are my expactations for some kind of modern hardware, OS/2 itself will allways stay on some of my hardware - i.e. I just bought for very small money a Thinkpad 365ED with a Cyrix 586 (in reality it was still a 486 - but Intel did not had the copyright for 586 so they called those "Pentium"... so long ago...  ::)  )  - I want to repair it and want to install Warp connect or Warp 4 on it  :D

I did the same with the Thinkpad 701c Butterfly and the X41, the X200 Tablet and even the Transnote...  ;)

I like to be around here very much, this forum is really great. I try to contribute as much as I can - and therefore ride the dead horse as long as possible...  ::)

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Eugene,You talk as if you have been educated by Microsoft,

Upps - according to your own rules that sounds a bit strange, doesn't it?  ;) ::)

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A good example for recent published software related to OS/2 that is for me as an end user "free of charge" is the QSLoader. Even if it is not "open sourced" it is software highly appriciated.

The same goes with the Webcam/Stylus/Touch Software and Drivers from Wim Brul, the USB Drivers from Lars Erdmann, the latest and then free release of Emperoar TV and so on.

Xworkplace is well known developed be Ullrich Möller. It is under GPL so far. If Serenity did pay something or not is not important (As fas as I know Ullrich Möller did get no money for this - but the only reliable answer could come from himself) - it is open sourced.

In my opinion:

- Open source clones of OS/2 parts is a good idea, may be the only long shot strategy for OS/2 - but it seems to me a mountain to high to climb. It would need reverse engineering - and the well known problems to WPS Programming

- More realisitc allways seemd to me to be a way to clone the WPS on top of a Linux system, a "OS/2 distribution" - I would guess this would need less work than reprogramming OS/2 but one would get rid of the most driver problems and concentrate on fewer tasks

- ecs.ru want to attract new users what is obvious impossible, other than those having 6 or 7 years old Laptops. And even if it runs on modern hardware - as it works on some - there is not that bunch of application that is needed. I.e. no "Skype" or something like this, no possibility to sync with Phones, Onlinebanking and so on and so on. Sadly it goes the other way round - only a few users are still using OS/2, and even fewer are using it as their daily working system. There is no "new market" for OS/2, it is a fortune that some industrial clients are still there. The most important "SHOWSTOPPER" is the price: as it is not opensource like Linux and because of the licening model it need to cost something. And this is to much. I need just to take a look at my three son:

- today - besides the industry maybe - most or the "usual" customers are not interested in what kind of operating system runs their hardware - it just has to run and has to be as invisible as possible. The applications are more important. If the application is not availiable for this Operating System (something Windows Mobile/Windows Phone has to learn for years now) it can be lightyears better than any other - but the users still switch to the other (Apple, Android - vise versa). And for sure my son would not pay money for an operating system - even if it would make sense in case of stability and so on - when they can get everything for free (even if the pay for it with the Hardware or phone). A good example is STEAM - that is being ported to Linux in the last years.

- the best what could have happen to the OS/2 community was (the best before was switching APCI and so on away from ecs.ru to D. Azariewicz etc. in 2010) the upcoming of Lewis Rosenthals new company working together with bitwise and the developers. That gives me the hope and impression that my OS/2 systems may survive for another five years or so.

Meanwhile I try to build my on DVD - with QSLoader, OS/4 kernel and some more stuff. I will give ACPI from eCS a shot with this combination as well (as well as the one from OS/4), just to see what will happen. It is based on Warp 4.52 and will not contain any eco runtimes or dlls.

I am looking forward to our user meeting in Cologne to discuss with other users in a gentle, realistic and calm way.

So - I stay cool and see in wich way the new companies will surprise me  :D

I am wondering how long one can ride the dead horse...  :D



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With my OS/4 DVD project I would like to integrate the QS Loader in the "Boot from DVD process".

I use UPDCD to build the DVD, can you tell me what files and config.sys entries do I have to place in the boot images?

Thanks!

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Setup & Installation / Re: Project: Building an OS/4 Merlin DVD
« on: August 22, 2014, 08:33:10 am »
Hi,

some more steps there, getting closer.  :)

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Applications / Re: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1 RC3
« on: August 22, 2014, 08:32:15 am »
Good news!

Just donated the money, downloaded the file and will give it a try.

That gives hope for the future of the other OS/2 development started by Lewis, bitwise etc.  :)

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Events / Re: Call fpr presenters - User meeting Colgne 2014
« on: July 29, 2014, 10:06:46 pm »
Hi,

it is allways a pleasure for me to organize something with Thomas together!

I do have two Suggestions:

1. Especially fo those who do have a longer journey and do arrive on Friday - I would like to have a meeting wihtout topic, just to share fun and meet and greet in the Friday Evening :-)

2. I would like to held a lottery on Saturday, as I do have some OS/2 compatible hardware (Mainboard, Graphiccard, RAM....) that I would like to give away. The Fortunes will be free of charge, if someone would like to donate some money for the User Meeting 2015 he/she is welcomed :-)

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Setup & Installation / Re: Is eComStation DEAD?
« on: July 29, 2014, 04:09:26 pm »
This anouncement:

Warpstock is pleased to announce a presentation by Menso de Jong,
founder of Mensys, who will speak on the future of eComStation.


may bring some light in this, or just may let us look at it in a different (funeral) light.

If this Presentation will (ever?) happen - I personally not expect to hear some concrete information, it would be nice to have at least some more information than the ususal "We are working hard.... soon there will be...."

This is even more interesting as there is no more information coming from the "new" company as well.

Would be nice to have some more information to spread or discuss at the coming OS/2 user meeting in Cologne in the end of November, wether there is a future or not.


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Hardware / Re: Webcam Support for OS/2 and eCS!!
« on: July 15, 2014, 09:31:32 am »

I am currently working on a full replacement of WebSeeBeta1.zip that contains all fixes up to and including the ones required for Mike and os4user. Now I will add the /u parameter to weblook.exe and to uvcview.exe too.

Regards, Wim.     

Hi Wim,

thanks for your superb work, I will try it with my webcams as soon as I have time for it!

Sigurd

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Setup & Installation / Re: Is eComStation DEAD?
« on: July 02, 2014, 03:49:29 pm »
Quit speculating, and get around = just do it!
Eirik

Hi Eirik,

I would suggest the best one can do is to wait what will happen with the new company by Lewis Rosendahl.

Mensys failed with eCS 2.2, almost no information came from XEU since, I remeber only one posted by Menso de Jong at the ecomstation news portal that later has been deleted (post on 28th May) "We apologize bla bla bla , working hard on bla bla bla... " The reason was obvious - some discussed the same thing - should we need to get money back for existing SSS?

Unfortunately there are almost no new news about the new organisation since it was announced, so no evidence wether it  and what will happen or not. eComStation IS DEAD and if the new organization will not start to work this will be the end for OS/2 at all.

But it seems to me much better to save the money and spend it to the new organisation than giving it to XEU, as 

- frequently the servers are down at Mensys/XEU
- information is ZERO from there
- there has been nothing new published since...

Do not waste your money, keep it for something hopefully better.

Even though - one has for sure to decide where to spend his money  8)



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Setup & Installation / Re: Project: Building an OS/4 Merlin DVD
« on: June 27, 2014, 05:37:45 pm »
Hi Sigurd.

Can I have your permission to repost the English translated version of you forums posts on the OS2World Wiki, under the Creative Commons Share Alike license?

Regards

Hi Martin,

yes, you can as you like. I would in addition not mind if you or someone else want to edit the english translation to make it more comfortable.

Best regards,

Sigurd

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Setup & Installation / Re: Project: Building an OS/4 Merlin DVD
« on: June 27, 2014, 09:23:58 am »
If you want a domain name, I could transfer you www.os24.org, it's free.
(then I will move this e-book library to another domain name)

Hi, no Thanks, I do not need a domain  ;)

I made a lot of progress the last two days, please check. As for now following my instructions one can build a "recent" OS/2 Warp 4 DVD so far (hopefully). Further I will take a look at the things I planed from the beginning:

- adding OS/4 Kernel, OS/4 Loader, QSINIT Loader, DFSEE and (for testing only) ACPI  ;)


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Setup & Installation / Re: Project: Building an OS/4 Merlin DVD
« on: June 26, 2014, 02:25:28 pm »
Some news there, slowly, but it does make progress  ;)

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If someone is suddenly in doubt if Pasha is able to complete the work, then I remind you that the Fund's money would be transeffered to Pasha only after completing each stage.

In my opinion: I would like to suggest the best to do is to wait until there are more informations about the new OS/2 company that is in the pipeline. Unless there is no further information about this project it is useless to discuss in wich way the community - or what is left of it - might support this or that project. First one needs to know the Roadmap and Agenda of the new OS/2 company.

My personal thoughts:

-> NEGATIV: well, the "old" (before David took over) ACPI was - in my opinion - really a waste of years, money and knowledge, as it never worked reliable - to say it clear - it was crap. Indeed it i.e. burned up one of my internal graphic chips in a Laptop. From what I have heard the Software was not well (to be honest) documented nor programmed. It was the main reason why eComStation failed. For Years.

-> NEUTRAL: what I assumed before has come to reality: eComStation IS dead (unfortunately).  :(  The only positive effect is that Developers like David and others might be willing to contribute to the new company - as far as I understand what I have read correctly, as I am not involved in this.

-> POSITIV: from what I have read and understand, almost all of those wich (from those wich are left) have a deeper knowledge of Programming, OS/2 and Project Management - will partitcipate in some way with the new OS/2 company. That gives a light at the end of the horizon, and in my opinion the last and only chance for OS/2 to be around at least for some more years.

So my suggestion is: Waiting for the Roadmap of the new OS/2 Company and concentrate all the remaining power and money into this new project, everything else will lead to nowhere....


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