IBM Officially Kills OS/2 609
boarder8925 writes "'Big Blue has hammered the final nails into OS/2's coffin. It said that all sales of OS/2 will end on the 23rd of December this year, and support for the pre-emptive multitasking operating system will end on the 31st December 2006.' IBM has posted a migration page to help OS/2 users easily switch to Linux."
Hey! (Score:5, Funny)
Netcraft confirms it: (Score:1, Funny)
Oh, nevermind.
Quick Question... (Score:5, Funny)
Year of Linux Desktop (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hey! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Hey! (Score:5, Funny)
migration strategy (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:1, Funny)
Re:OS2 is still in use? (Score:4, Funny)
Strange Bedfellows (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:2, Funny)
OS/2 is dying? (Score:5, Funny)
As a *BSD user, I really feel great today!
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:4, Funny)
I know, I should STFU up...
Quite a shock (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:5, Funny)
Did the ATM machine run Windows 2000, which is built on Windows NT technology?
Only if you're posting over a DSL line.
Re:Hey! (Score:5, Funny)
1. I heard they were killing OS/2.
2. Yeah, me too!
3. F*ck OS/2
4. Grow up, retard.
Yeah. Four posts.
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:5, Funny)
Anybody with a PIN number goes to an ATM machine.
Re:get eComStation instead (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Year of Linux Desktop (Score:4, Funny)
Absolutely speaking this will be an increase by 3!
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:5, Funny)
Well, obviously the ATM machine is the machine which dispenses the ATMs.
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:1, Funny)
Did the ATM machine run Windows 2000, which is built on Windows NT technology?
I know, I should STFU up...
Only if you're posting over a DSL line.
Relating to TFA article, I think the ATM machine was running the Operating System OS/2. At least, AFAIK know.
And this is all utter nonsense, but what do I care? I'm posting as an AC coward!
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Think of the marketing IBM wasted (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hey! (Score:5, Funny)
Alas, I remember when I was about 7 or 8 visiting a computer store in Rapid City, SD called Reboot. They sold / bought used software, and I saw a copy of OS/2. I picked it up and thought WOW! ANOTHER os?! I didn't even know they existed aside from macintosh. I wanted it soooo bad, but my dad couldn't afford it. In retrospect I think he could, but he didn't want to have to format the hd and lose all his precious stuff.
I became determined to get it. I mowed lawns until I had enough money to buy a stack of game cds from another store for $20 and sold it to Reboot for $25. But as I was going to pick up the OS/2 box I noticed Falcon 4.0 and couldn't resist.
I made my dad proud. But I never tried os/2.
Re:Year of Linux Desktop (Score:5, Funny)
OS/2 Userbase shocked at recent developments!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:1, Funny)
You know, the Blue Screen Of Zeros, which details the amount of... money in each of... my accounts... Nooooooooo !
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:4, Funny)
They've updated the error message in Longhorn to make it much more comprehensible to the average user. The new message reads:
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:4, Funny)
Some of them have LCD Displays
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:4, Funny)
So, do people understand you when you say you're going to the AT Machine?
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines (Score:2, Funny)
Don't be a word nazi [wsu.edu]
Only a few to go ... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Hey! (Score:3, Funny)
In keeping with their name, they now sell strictly Microsoft products.