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I recalled OS/2 Warp in the mid 90's. Anyone knows why they called it OS/2 Warp in that era and not just OS/2?
by john37386 5y ago
I recalled OS/2 Warp in the mid 90's. Anyone knows why they called it OS/2 Warp in that era and not just OS/2?
- fredoralive 5y agoWarp was the codename for OS/2 3.0, IBM used Star Trek related codenames like Riker (2.0.1) and Borg (2.1) for OS/2 at the time. As for it becoming part of the name? Not sure, it’s marketing, I suspect they thought it made the OS sound fast or something
- john37386 5y agoI recall having 8 MB of RAM and a lot of swap or whatever they called it in OS/2 Warp. It was really beautiful graphically and felt ahead of its time. But, it was not fast and far from warp speed. Thanks for explanation about codename Warp.
- lproven 5y agoIt got named Warp as a marketing thing from v3.0 onwards. Apparently it was a codename that went public: https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/OS/2#1994.E2.80.931996:_The_.22Warp.22_years https://microsoft.fandom.com/wiki/OS/2#1994.E2.80.931996:_Th... OS/2 2.x included a lot of 16-bit code in an allegedly 32-bit OS. 3.x replaced most of this, was supposed to be faster and more stable as a result, and it also included the ability to incorporate your existing install of Windows 3 and run it under OS/2 in place of the previously-bundled "WinOS2". So it could take your existing 16-bit OS and apps and warp them into a new 32-bit OS that could use hundreds of megs of RAM and multitask dozens of apps. It was meant to indicate "warp speed", Star Trek style, but IBM didn't get permission first... https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/half-an-operating-system-the-triumph-and-tragedy-of-os2/5/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/half-...