Is OS/2 Coming Back?

mstansberry writes "Is IBM considering relaunching OS/2? One source close to IBM says Big Blue plans to repurpose OS/2 services atop a Linux core. IT managers ask, why now?" Hey, back in simpler times OS/2 was super badass. Both of the guys who ran it were hard core.

Typical

[chill]

This is just typical of IBM Services missing a delivery target.

The article is really an April 1st joke, but the 12th was the closest they could come. Probably need a few more contractor billable hours next time.

Re:Typical

[girlintraining]

I believe I speak for most geeks when I say, simply:

*facepalm*

YES!!!

[zill]

Finally, I've been dreaming for this day to come for years now. I've been using the PS/2 to USB adapter on my model M keyboard but it's adding unnecessary latency, not to mention USB's slow polling rate sucks. Now I can finally plug my keyboard into a native PS/2 port!




What? What do you mean TFA wasn't talking about the port?

EA corruption

[tepples]

I also would worry about EA corruption

Did EA even make any games for OS/2?

IBM Software

[Nerdfest]

Buying software from IBM just encourages them to write more.

Re:Typical

[jgagnon]

Be careful not to run out of your supply of /facepalm oil. A chafing /facepalm is no laughing matter.

Re:Typical

[girlintraining]

Are you a girl?

No, I'm a lesbian.

Re:Those two guys

[Anonymous Coward]

Given that there are apparently only two that ran it and two people have already commented in this thread saying they were one of them, I conclude that you are the offspring of either robnator or WinterSolstice :P

Re:IBM Software

[oldhack]

No, they keep on writing anyway. It's like Vogon poetry.

Re:Those two guys

[Mindcontrolled]

Hmm... by the last count in this thread, there's three of us. I shall dispose of the usurper and set things right.

Re:Typical

[Anonymous Coward]

Are you a girl?

No, I'm a lesbian.

Ah, so you are a girl, but with good taste.

Re:Great, another deskop environment

[TheLink]

IBM sells services.

The more options there are, the more decisions there are.

The more decisions there are, the more people there will be who need to pay someone to help them make those decisions, or implement them.

Making things simple from the very beginning isn't as profitable as making things more complicated and then "helping" people "simplify" stuff ;).

Maybe I'm too cynical? ;)

In other news...

[Dystopian Rebel]

BeOS, AmigaOS User Groups Say OS/2 Not As Worthy Of Rebirth As Their OS, Scuffle Ensues

General Availability (GA) Release 2.0 Of eComStation Announced For Autumn 2009

Re:Typical

[girlintraining]

A little fishy, if you ask me.

My partner cleans her girl parts. There's nothing fishy about it. :P~

Re:WPS

[ravenscar]

All the stories re OS2 are at least 1 decade old. Seriously, in computing time that is like a half decade.

My son is 10 years old, but in computing time he's only 5.

Re:WPS

[suburbanmediocrity]

Someone has finally developed a strategy to kill Linux.

Re:Those two guys

[hufman]

Or both

vmware

[alfredos]

Sigh, I wish my unfinished OS/2 Warp installation on VMWare Fusion didn't hang so I could play a bit with it for nostalgia. To the credit of VMWare, that emulates perfectly what it used to do on more than one system.