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07-09-2009, 12:56 PM
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still a ways out.. too bad the release is not sooner..
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07-09-2009, 05:39 PM
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I dunno'. I think they'll have a hard uphill battle unless there are hardware platforms they've already signed up! How much of a memory hog is this going to be and what about multiple user ID's on the same PC?
Remember OS2 and their resignation? I'd have to see it but I don't want to commit because there are always compatibility issues with a new OS release. I am sick of MicroStink and their limited vision, seemingly forever stuck in MSDOS mode! I'd rather much prefer an OS like Linux which is kinda like Unix but a derivative of such. What I have now is XP which is just fine, 'sides it was part of the deal with Gateway before they morphed into just another Taiwan junk dealer! Just wished they'ed stop pushing that Vista crap. ...  ..
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07-09-2009, 08:39 PM
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I have Linux on two laptops, and Mac Os X on, a erm ah, Macintosh. (Mac OS X is also a UNIX, did you know?) And I have Google Android OS on my phone. I would welcome Chrome OS, one because it too will be a Linux baby, and Google will likely put their all into it, in the hopes of derailing Microsnot. It would take a few years and few version numbers from this point, but look at Android. Version 2 Donut, (The present ver, is 1.5 cupcake) is coming to several phones all at once this fall. With that and the resurgence of Palm OS, Windoze Mobile is doomed! And I could not be happier!
Oh, OS/2 is still available, it's now called eComStation.
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07-09-2009, 09:35 PM
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Nah, I didn't know about OS/2, so who maintains it? Can't be IBM! I thought OS/2 was far superior to the offerings of Micosh*t when it was available ten-twelve years ago. I was thinking MAC OS X but I didn't write it down when I wrote the comment. UNIX is far superior. Much more control over programs, users, and system! Most of the machines I maintained at work were some variant of UNIX. Too bad for the bad hacks. They haven't had much luck with crashin' MAC's  , but they are out there!I was workin' on maintaining the servers for FAA's traffic management and the Host Interface Device (HID) and they all began with OS/2 machines. But, IBM dropped it then they got SUN workstations with UNIX but there was a hardware problem with those initial conversions. They would lock up, crash some security kernal leaving us with no way in! Cost 'em a fortune to redo all the hardware! ... 
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07-09-2009, 10:15 PM
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I'm not sure who maintains it but you can Google it and download a live CD. But caveat emptor, when you run it, It assumes you are installing it and it will rape your hard drive, and convert it to FAT32 if it fcan't find a FAT partion to make it's swap file on. Won't hurt a windoze install though. It mostly resembles OS/2 Warp 4, and when I tried it, it seemed primitive. I love Solaris, but don't have a machine to piddle with it on. Now that it's open source there are several distro's you can try. I want IRIX to hit the free market too.
Oh...I'm a tool....here's the link. www.ecomstation.com
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07-10-2009, 01:26 AM
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