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#1
Just stumbled across the relaunched OS2 Electronic Developers Magazine which now takes on a Wiki format,the Bookmark has been added to links but requires Admin to finalise.
Meanwhile the address is http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Main_Page ,plenty of usefull information available and we can add as needed to enhance the presence of OS2 and Ecomstation as still relevant in this day and age.
People forget that Rexx was amongst the very first true cross platform programing languages and is still relevant these days and is very relevant to us in particular.
#2
Saijin neither Linux in it's many flavours or haiku are perfect,test installs of many versions of Linux without going under the hood and using hard earned knowledge result in almost 50 percent of cases in installation failure.
No matter how they push it Linux in many builds is not yet ready for mainstream.
The one version of Linux that seems to follow the coding methodology of EcomStation to some extent and tends to work is Puppy Linux a compact efficient version which remembers it's roots unlike so many Linux windows clones that are now bloatware.
This is why Windows still has the major installed base for many it just works.
IBM's OS2 however has superior attributes but is lacking in the sheer numbers of coders working on keeping it up to date,this is not necessarily bad in every case.
If I was so personally desperate for something I would either sponsor it's development or learn how to code it unless I am mistaken nothing has actually changed in how machine or Assembly code works since the days of the Abacus,My wish list for EcomStation is just make it work and for no code bloat as this aspect alone is vital for stability something which is the cornerstone of a good OS2 Install.
Bring on GA 2.0 my Warp 4.52 is getting due for a refresh with later hardware and EcomStation is the preferred base for that.
#3
Hi first post,but regarding this topic and many other areas where OS2~EcomStation could be upgraded has anyone at Serenity Systems thought to collaborate with those developing ReactOs, the scratchbilt Windows XP~2000 clone to implement their code as a replacement for the WinOS2 codebase.
This would render redundant Wine and other attempts of using workarounds to achiever compatability with software and also open up the operating system to a greater potential userbase.
After all one of the outstanding features originally promoted by IBM was the ability to seamlessly run Dos and Windows software,When it was then Current software,would anyone care to name any other OS that would allow programs for another OS to run as they did back then to a great extent.
Virtualisation the current buzz in this area is not truly the answer in this regard despite improved hardware capabilities,people just want things to work.
If it was any one area that hammered the nails into the coffin for the average user it was the lack of updating in this area,understandably and quite frankly rightly so Microsoft wouldn't help here,they are after all in competition.
This however is one area where the skillsets of both parties would work together for the benefit of all involved as well as the end user be they SOHO or Corporate or just a normal end user at home .
There are many people who benefit from the ability of the OS2 codebase to support older software,after all many areas in automation,scientific military and Automotive require Dos based software to run their hardware,OS2's implementation running Dos was far more flexible than that under any form of Windows.
Sadly when it comes to an operating system that can do most things for most people we have had it all along yet it was left out in the cold.
As a sidemote I have and still use OS2 warp 4 (updated as normal) Opendos various versions of windows and Dos and have used Linux since Redhat 6 on and off,I see now many of the issues that people had against Windows, appearing in the various flavours of Linux as witnessed on many Linux forum threads,the amount of hardware and software issues is increasing in the linux world.
There is a lesson there to be learned for the OS2 developers and community, uncontrolled open source is a double edged sword