25 Years of IBM's OS/2 342
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harrymcc writes "On April 2nd, 1987 — 25 years ago today — IBM announced OS/2. It was supposed to be the next-generation operating system that would replace DOS. It never did. But for a famous failure, it's doing okay — it still runs the computers that manage the New York Subway's Metrocard fare cards, for instance. Over at TIME.com, I've taken a look at its occasional triumphs, frequent tribulations and enduring legacy."
Re:It was great... once upon a time. (Score:2, Funny)
That, and the fact that OS really ran best with at least 16mb or RAM back in a time when 8mb was considered excessive.
Funny that you can say that with a straight face. Until just very recently 90+% of Slashdotters considered the idea that MSWindows needing even a single k more RAM than a full featured Linux system as a sign of bloat and incompetence on the part of MS. Now people can just shrug it off in a time when doubling your system RAM was no small bill to foot? Wow. Just wow.
I can only imagine the headlines if Windows needed 4 gigs of RAM today to run. These boards would flow red with the backlash. I guess OS/2 gets a pass since it's not Microsoft (or would you rather me call it Micro$oft?)
Good old OS/2.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:os/2 was not able to windows 32 bit apps just 3 (Score:5, Funny)
10 I
20 REM FIXED CAPITALIZATION
30 might have a valid point in there somewhere - but
40 REM EXTRA COMMA REMOVED
50 sadly, our grammar and punctuation were so poor that it is lost.
60 REM PERIOD ADDED
70 Congratulations,
80 REM FIXED CAPITALIZATION
90 my written english is even less readable than INTERCAL!
100 COMEFROM: 10
110 Fixed that for you.
120 And congratulations on learning INTERCAL, I'm still stuck in BASIC dialects.
130 SYSTEM
Re:os/2 was not able to windows 32 bit apps just 3 (Score:5, Funny)
parse upper pull obvious_joke
do while (obvious_joke)
select
when (grammar_error)
say requote_with_satirical_comments_added
when (recursion_mentioned)
do
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end
otherwise
if modpoints
say mod_up_insightful
else
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end
parse upper pull obvious_joke
end
/* thanks JD, that was a lot of fun */