Advanced

Reviving OS/2's best in the Linux desktop

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 11 comments
DesktopLinux.com; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
Mail this story
Print this story

Get over it. We're never going to see OS/2 open-sourced. If you want to run OS/2 today, the closest you're going to get is Serenity System's eComStation 2.0 RC4. But, it just might be possible for Linux desktop users to get one of OS/2's best features: SOM (System Object Model). IBM, I'm told by developers who should know, still has all of SOM's source code and it all belongs to IBM. It's because IBM doesn't have all the code for OS/2 and some of it belongs to Microsoft that IBM open-sourcing OS/2 has proven to be a futile hope.

Full Story

  Nav
» Read more about: Story Type: News Story; Groups: Linux

» Get new stories by e-mail: nightly or as they are published

« Return to the newswire homepage

  Related stories
» More like this

Comments (11)

*cough* *cough* Clean room *cough* *cough* reverse *hack* *wheeze* engineeri *upchuck*
**cough**Expensive**cough**tricky**wheeze**time consuming
Well, it's better than expecting IBM to open up their vault. After all, what if they no longer have most the source code either?
Let me know if you need codeïne!
Codeine is a controlled substance in the US, and shipping it into the US without a prescription is illegal. :(

Yes, it stupid.
It's the same here anyway. Cough Cough... Well, it's one of the only substances against coughing which has the same name in different languages. They used to give the children in Germany heroine against coughing just after heroine was invented, but that doesn't sound like a good idea either. Coincidentally I took something against coughing yesterday called Bisolvon - dirty tasting stuff.

But if the reason for coughing is OS/2 than Linux without anything OS/2 should prove the best medicine I guess.
I understand laxatives also help coughs.
Quoting:I understand laxatives also help coughs.
How could you call messing yourself helpful !!! :)

>How could you call messing yourself helpful !!! :)

You won't be worryin' about the cough...
All of this over an attempt of humor.... :)
Quoting:How could you call messing yourself helpful !!! :)
Easy. It's a very strong motivation not to cough.

Post a comment

A free account is needed to post. Write your comment here first: your text is kept in this browser while you sign up or log in, and is waiting for you when you come back.

Your message:
|||||
10
Markdown: **bold**, *italic*, [text](https://link), - lists, > quotes, $x^2$ for math. Formatting help

Sign up and post (it is free)  or  Log in and post