>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.
First, ReactOS shares the Wine codebase, so technically, Wine would still be needed. Second, at this point in time, ROS is still way to buggy to be put in a production environment. Now in a year or two, maybe. Third, the only way Serenity/Mensys would find a way to implement it would depend on the cost to license WinOS2 from Microsoft.
>I think there is a little confusion on Win-OS/2. It is virtualization, as IBM created a Virtualized >DOS Machine (AKA "VDM"). What is cool about OS/2 is its ability to hide this virtualization by >running DOS and Windows 3.x applications on the desktop.
I think the solution would be more like the Win4Lin products. Using Virtual Box as a subsystem, integrated within eCS (without "starting" a specific machine), and then use an existing copy of the customers Windows COA/Disk (or ship with ReactOS if it makes it to production quality), make it a seemless install and then run the apps integrated with the WPS.
Kinda like the OS/2 for Windows. However, that might be too much programming and hacks for Serenity and Mensys to do by themselves. But it does sound like the perfect business opportunity for some third party ISV.
First, ReactOS shares the Wine codebase, so technically, Wine would still be needed. Second, at this point in time, ROS is still way to buggy to be put in a production environment. Now in a year or two, maybe. Third, the only way Serenity/Mensys would find a way to implement it would depend on the cost to license WinOS2 from Microsoft.
>I think there is a little confusion on Win-OS/2. It is virtualization, as IBM created a Virtualized >DOS Machine (AKA "VDM"). What is cool about OS/2 is its ability to hide this virtualization by >running DOS and Windows 3.x applications on the desktop.
I think the solution would be more like the Win4Lin products. Using Virtual Box as a subsystem, integrated within eCS (without "starting" a specific machine), and then use an existing copy of the customers Windows COA/Disk (or ship with ReactOS if it makes it to production quality), make it a seemless install and then run the apps integrated with the WPS.
Kinda like the OS/2 for Windows. However, that might be too much programming and hacks for Serenity and Mensys to do by themselves. But it does sound like the perfect business opportunity for some third party ISV.