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#1
Sorry. I don't have the Lau articles.  :(
#2
Would it help to have the articles scanned to PDF? My Epson Artisan 810 has that feature. I'll have to check to see if I have any of the Lau articles.
#3
Have you tried contacting Alan Zeichick to see if he has electronic copies archived somewhere?
#4
Off topic: Would an IBM xseries server like this make a good desktop computer?

The reason I ask is that I have seen a lot of these going for a good price on ebay.
#5
Hardware / Re: Tape Drive & Config.sys
2012.02.17, 19:27:36
Quote from: Ben on 2012.02.06, 13:13:02

I have Back Again /2000 installed; It does not recognize the drive...

I do have all necessary licenses installed... including for the Tape Autoloader..

Are you saying you have a BA/2000 autoloader license? I need one of those to run my HP DLT 818 from OS/2.

What we need is a port of mtx (and then a nice WPS GUI interface).
#6
Robert's points reflect the poor state of the software industry, of which the PC operating system market is a small subset. There is a real disincentive for quality development, which is why we are still writing software in 3GLs.

There are two things that can drive an increase in quality acceptance:
1) Competition
2) High liability cost

The first one Microsoft eliminated in the PC operating system market, which may have had an effect on the whole software development climate. How many software engineers develop on non-Windows platforms anymore? How many fledgling software developers got started on non-Windows platforms (especially in the early '90s when software engineering should have been turning into a real engineering discipline)?

The latter will not occur until people (mainly company executives) begin to understand that software isn't free and isn't magic. Once managers start valuing the actual cost of software, they'll be able to make informed decisions on product development. Can you imagine what would happen if a company that incurred 800% extra costs could recoup that plus more by suing the company that misrepresented it's software's value to them?

Wouldn't it be nice to see a multi-billion dollar class action settlement against Microsoft for the Cairo vapor in Windows 95?  :D (Not that I've ever wasted money on a Microsoft OS, but still ...)
#7
Setup & Installation / Re: RPM packager
2011.09.07, 16:55:14
I don't understand the all or nothing approach. Maybe that's not what's being proposed, but it has read that way.

Let %UNIXROOT% be where the FHS is placed. Ideally use a volume (right term?), so it can be re-sized larger if more hard drive space is needed. Let all the ported *nix apps play within %UNIXROOT% and leave the OS and all native apps to the usual arrangements.

I hated the PROGRAMS directory eComStation introduced; it was a Windows artifact, and not how OS/2 works. Forcing everyone onto the FHS would be another illogical, unnecessary change. Let OS/2 be OS/2. It can support many things at once.

Now anyone who wants *nix ports to behave like OS/2 apps, get over it! They are ports, and they weren't made for OS/2! If the ports are made easier by installing the FHS somewhere, then that is a benefit for all. The wishlist for a rpm/yum front-end can be started, so you can specify (e.g.) where to place the shadow for execution during install.
#8
It's too bad Relish isn't still around.  :( Might have been more than you needed though.

Was there any final word on the disposition of the Sundial Systems software? Was it up for sale or anything?
#9
I think thanks also need to go to you, RobertM, for putting in a lot of effort fighting the FUD and ignorance on Slashdot!  :)

Hopefully, you managed to educate some people as well.
#10
A lot of the comments in the CW article were taken from the LinkedIn group,  Team OS/2 Alumni. There are 219 members. Lot's of names I hadn't seen in a long time, and a lot of history in the discussions.
#11
Quote from: BigWarpGuy on 2010.04.16, 04:04:10
Perhaps call it Warp 7?  ::)
8)
Warp 7 might be pushing the limits of what the enterprise can handle.  :D She canna take this much longer Captain!
#12
Considering the options, it might be easier for IBM to release a "clean" open source version of OS/2, than to port the API to Linux. This might also be a better way to keep binary compatibility with existing applications. OTOH, I might be wrong, as I don't have a list of what would need to be removed or added.
#13
To add a little more background, the SWT port project is available on the Netlabs SVN server. http://svn.netlabs.org/swt I created the OpenWatcom branch as I don't have VAC++ 4.

Leonardo has some screen shots here http://os2advocacy.blogspot.com/.

The OpenWatcom branch compiles, but fails to launch any PM windows when running the tests. I've instrumented the software, and the PM calls are being run. I'm thinking there is some kind of link error, but I haven't been able to find it. Leonardo confirmed the same problems on his machine, so that eliminated some weird problem with my setup. Unfortunately, I haven't had a lot of time to spend on this, and it probably needs a fresh perspective.

There have been multiple calls for help on this to no avail.  :'(
#14
Sounds pretty toothless, and the three major companies listed have all shown a tendency to play along with the Chinese government in order to be able to stay competitive of the Chinese market.

Yahoo! is the only one that might be willing to risk taking a stand to try to capture some market share in the free world.
#15
Quote from: BigWarpGuy on 2007.11.21, 21:18:47
I have the latest version of eCS (1.2r) on a Thinkpad T23. It works great. The T23 is not overwhelmed. The T23 is refurbished by IBM. It is a few years old.  ;D    8)
A T23! Maybe someday I'll upgrade my eCS systems to something that fast.  :D

I'm writing this on my T21; my desktop has a 700MHz AMD Slot A.