I miss OS/2
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Demigod ForumsNo you don't. C'mon... think about it. You don't really want to go back there...
WinCustomize Forums
Sort of like the hair on my head. It was fun while it was around, but it's never coming back ...
Stardock ForumsSomeone's going to make Brad feel old by saying something like "What's OS/2?"
Elemental Forums
Being about the same age as it, and only dreaming of having a computer for most of that time, I didn't get a chance to see the OS/2 in action. But what I do miss about it are the jokes, which are just about the only relation I have with it. Jokes like:
OS/2 VirusScan -- "Windows found: Remove it? [Y,Y]"
Windows vs OS/2 = Michael Jackson vs Mike Tyson
OS/2... Opens up Windows, shuts up Gates
Microsoft gives you Windows... OS/2 gives you the whole house
Is OS/2 half an operating system?
And many more. Now, all I've got are Mac jokes.
Sins ForumsI completely agree Draginol. In the era of Win 3.1 and 95 I primarily used OS/2 2.x and Warp 3. Win31 and 95 were just plain garbage compared to them. The first time I got on the internet was using Warp 3.
To this day I still find myself wishing I had the object oriented desktop and REXX. NT has passed up OS/2 in functionality in many ways, but it still isn't quite where OS/2 was for my productivity.
Well if OS/2 is that old, Brad probably had to get permission from his parents to stay up late and watch the Tonight when it was out. 
By the way what is OS/2?
Quoting Philly0381, reply 9
By the way what is OS/2?
An attempt to produce an operating system in competition to Windows.
Talking about getting re-aquainted. They're bringing back, of all things, Commodore 64 in three or four flavors. Hefty price tag on the really good one too. $700 US. Read the article day before yesterday at Tech something. I don't recall the exact website. Okay ... I found it.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-its-old-exterior/
Quoting Uvah, reply 14
Talking about getting re-aquainted. They're bringing back, of all things, Commodore 64 in three or four flavors. Hefty price tag on the really good one too. $700 US. Read the article day before yesterday at Tech something. I don't recall the exact website. Okay ... I found it.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-its-old-exterior/
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/06/the-new-commodore-64-updated-with-its-old-exterior/
That's just a PC with an expensive case mod.
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be...;)
Though I do have a complete OS2 Warp4 package somewhere...complete with a squillion installation floppies.
I'm 31 and I have. It was a bit of a flop and not widely distributed. Which may explain why so many people have not heard of it.
OS/2 was an operating system that seemed to go unnoticed. I remember using it back in the day. Hell, the big chain grocery store where I live was using it to run their registers until about a year ago.
It was a much superior OS to anything out at the time. I remember running a two line BBS with it a long, long time ago.
You know, I would *really* like to see Brad actually *discuss* something on this forums. The trend I've noticed lately is that he makes a single post about 'whatever', everybody jumps in with different opinions, and not a peep from him is heard again until the next totally unrelated post.
Sorry Brad, but that's not the Brad I know for 10 years. Will you please come back down to earth? Seriously, we need you here. 
Dogs crawl under fences, computers crawl under Windows!
OS/2 user since IBM version 1.2 Extended Edition!
Awesome Bunnahabhain! I didn't even know it existed till version 2.0, and didn't run it myself till 2.1.
edit: Oh, and Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista, and 7 all have their roots in OS/2
Quoting JcRabbit, reply 20
You know, I would *really* like to see Brad actually *discuss* something on this forums. The trend I've noticed lately is that he makes a single post about 'whatever', everybody jumps in with different opinions, and not a peep from him is heard again until the next totally unrelated post.
I'll second that!
As for OS/2, you probably miss navel lint, too.
I never have any experience with OS/2 (besides translating documentation to the Warp server some 15 years ago), but I am happy with Linux distros and FreeBSD today.
Quoting Jafo, reply 16
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be...
Though I do have a complete OS2 Warp4 package somewhere...complete with a squillion installation floppies.
Though I do have a complete OS2 Warp4 package somewhere...complete with a squillion installation floppies.
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What is a floppies ? 
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both my laptop and desktop have no floppies drive... something who is not anymore used...
About OS2, it is not yet fully dead... some fan guys are working on a open-source version ( http://www.osfree.org/wiki/doku.php )... and it is some features of OS2 ( like JFS : journaling file system ) who have be used for create Linux...
And.. OS2 is not dead at all, it is now called eComStation ( http://www.ecomstation.com/product_info.phtml )... can run OS2, windows 32 bits, windows 16 bit, DOS, X11, Java application on it... last version is from may 2010 ( http://www.osnews.com/story/23337/eComStation_2_0_Released )... ( http://en.ecomstation.ru/myths/ ) ... 2010 is one year ago, it is less old that sins of solar empire
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