Could OS/2 come back from the grave?
Apr 20, 2010, 00:04 (2 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Steve J. Vaughan-Nichols)
"OK, hands up, who, like me, was a one time IBM OS/2 user? What?
You don't know OS/2? It was IBM, and briefly, Microsoft's 32-bit
server and desktop operating system that was going to change the
world. Then, Bill Gates decided that he'd do better by going it on
his own with some operating system called Windows. We all know what
the result of that decision was even if you've never heard of
"If you did miss it, that's something of a pity since it was a
fun, remarkably stable and secure operating system that was a real
challenger to Windows. Now, after years of soldiering on as an
obscure spin-off operating system, EcomStation there are rumors
that IBM might bring OS/2 back from the dead. Could they? Should