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100 things about OS2 & eCS that I like

Started by kim, 2007.07.29, 13:57:25

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kim

So why do we like OS2 & eCS? Well, let's create a list of 100 things that we just love about OS2. Here are a few to get the list started.

1. Fast and smooth OS
2. There exist almost no viruses for OS2
3. Has a object oriented Workplace Shell (WPS)
4. Able to run DOS & Win 3.1 applications in seamless mode

Glenn

5. Screaming fast Filesystems - HPFS386, JFS.
6. The most customizable GUI ever. Drag and drop colors/fonts/themes anyone?

Terry

 7. Cloning through Shadow Object Icons.
8. Bottomless multi-threading plus multi-tasking.
9. Broad extensibility open to every OS/2 native application.
10. "REXX-able" built-in language using native file-system & WPS.
11. Backward application-compatibility preserved with eCS upgrading.
12. Multitude of network-friendly Server functions available as a Workstation.

RobertM

13. Highly secure and configurable networking stacks
14. Built in industrial class firewall
15. Installable file systems allowing new/different file systems to be written and "plugged in" with ease
16. WPS modification and extension capable through sub-classing and super-classing (as opposed to through kludges)
17. Multiple high-end Internet and Network server daemons available, which take advantage (to one level or another) of eCS/Warp's top-of-class multi-threading and multi-tasking level
18. Numerous levels of control over thread and processes priority level - controllable by programmer or end-user.
19. Numerous modules of OS can be extended or replaced
20. Consistent UI through all native Warp applications and GUI (right click is right click, CTRL-Insert is CTRL-Insert... not sometimes, but all the time).
21. Native Warp apps can be entirely objects, leaving near infinite levels of customization and interaction.


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Radek

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1.  :) It's a fast and reliable operating system, which does what you want it to do instead of wanting you to do what it wants you to do.

(Moderator's Note: #22 - though Radek is correct, this should be the #1 thing - especially for anyone coming from the Windows world)

cytan

23. OS/2 is also works for commandline jocks.
24. Text file config.sys so that a human can read what's going with and editor.

obiwan

25. It is stable in the true sense of the word. It is not reinvented every few years requiring users, developers, and hardware to start over. Rather, its initial design was solid, forward-looking, and well-implemented. Its inherently extensible modular design allows features to be added without degrading performance, reliability, and compatibility, and without requiring major modifications, unlike other systems. This makes it remarkably capable and enduring, even today.

RobertM

26. It is truly Object Oriented, allowing many housecleaning, resource tracking, GUI and operational functions to work with minimal to no overhead - accurately, quickly, extensibly and transparently. (And MS STILL cant catch up with such simple things as broken links because you moved a file, folder or shortcut - much less the plethora of other features that are object based in OS/2... personally, I love seeing every shortcut instantaneously cross-hatch because I opened one of them or the original - all with no extra overhead - which is of course just one minor aspect of it's Object Oriented nature)

27. Because of #26, and #22 (I mean #1... sorry Radek!  ;) ), object menus (since they are true objects) are infinitely extensible, on a per OBJECT or per CLASS basis... (wrote a simple Rexx Script to change MP3's to WAV, and WAV to MP3s using custom parameters, and assigned it to the WAV Object class - and viola! All my WAV files/MP3 files suddenly had that option on their menu!!! And then there is of course, xWorkPlace and Cris W.'s WPS Wizard, CWMM, and dozens of other such object extensions <--MS eat your heart out!!! My Windows using friends are still so amazed that a plain folder can suddenly become an MP3 player that doesnt break links/lose track of files when I move the originals - and takes up NO CPU power to open the "player" - even on a low end machine.)


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RobertM

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28. Work Areas - Great feature, well ahead of it's time, again requiring no overhead, and quite a great tool for programmers, or even just the person who wants to organize any sort of content but have it all easily accessible in that organized fashion (like opening an "Images" folder, which automatically will open "Sunsets", "Anime", "Ocean", etc all in whatever colors, fonts, positions, and view you selected for each.

29. Folders are... well... folders! Not a lot of wasted overhead loading a web browser... though beautifully, with how extensible the folder class is, a folder could be made to function like a web browser using parts of the Mozilla engine - thus keeping the overhead for opening a folder minimal unless that functionality is needed.


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Sam

30. Moderate hardware requirement (compare with what it can do).

LJX

31. Unlike Linux, it's possible to download a program in another operating system and store the program on a flash drive or other medium, dual boot or use the medium with downloaded files on your OS/2, eCS Desktop and install/run the program without worrying about missing dependencies etc. It's so frustrating trying to get a program to run in Linux without an Internet connection.