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Offline Nemesis

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The return of OS/2?
« on: May 16, 2010, 03:41:44 pm »
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A systems integrator close to the computing giant swears there's a move afoot inside IBM to reintroduce the operating system -- revered by some, reviled by many -- before it faded out more than 10 years ago. He has heard this from inside Big Blue itself.


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According to the integrator, IBM's nascent plan is to repurpose OS/2 "services" atop a Linux core.


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Re: The return of OS/2?
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2010, 03:57:35 pm »
Will it be OS/2 Transwarp?

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Re: The return of OS/2?
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2010, 04:24:51 pm »
Since the claim is that they are dressing up Linux as OS/2 it would be more of a "Sweet Transvestite".
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Re: The return of OS/2?
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2010, 04:48:08 pm »
LOL, ahh ok, OS/2 KROMA. :D :D :D

Seriously, way back when I liked OS/2 warp.

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Re: The return of OS/2?
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2010, 06:03:31 pm »
* FRA_stoneyface_XC slowly recovers from an uncontrollable laughing fit...

os/2... riiiiiight
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Re: The return of OS/2?
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2010, 07:04:52 pm »
Quote from: Sirgod on May 16, 2010, 04:48:08 pm
LOL, ahh ok, OS/2 KROMA. :D :D :D

Lets see.  Who else do we know who has been known to wear attire more commonly associated with the opposite sex?  Something about a skirt and a tractor springs to mind . . .

Quote from: Sirgod on May 16, 2010, 04:48:08 pm
Seriously, way back when I liked OS/2 warp.

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I never tried it myself.  It seemed at the time that IBM was tieing it too close to their own hardware.  If they had worked to be more open they might have won.
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Re: The return of OS/2?
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2010, 05:31:23 pm »
Hey watch it with the hula skirt, I have many more talents...

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Re: The return of OS/2?
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2010, 01:08:35 pm »
No that can't be Kroma not pink enough.
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Re: The return of OS/2?
« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2010, 03:54:53 pm »
Quote from: Sirgod on May 19, 2010, 05:31:23 pm
Hey watch it with the hula skirt, I have many more talents...

Stephan that hair tonic may be putting hair on your head but it puts too much pork everywhere else. 
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