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man I wish they had open sourced OS/2. It could have a linux sized community at this point. Sadly microsoft had put so much of their code in it, that they didn
by geek_at 3y ago
man I wish they had open sourced OS/2. It could have a linux sized community at this point.
Sadly microsoft had put so much of their code in it, that they didn't allow the release (according to my dad who worked for IBM and was even called "Mr. OS/2" because he had sold it so good to companies)
- ttfkam 3y agoOS/2 is still in use and under active development, just under a different name. https://hackaday.com/2023/02/16/arcaos-os-2-updated-for-the-modern-world/ https://hackaday.com/2023/02/16/arcaos-os-2-updated-for-the-...
- mepian 3y agoI remember reading somewhere that while the developers of ArcaOS have the rights to continue the development of OS/2, they didn't obtain the source code. So they have to patch their changes into the old OS/2 binaries instead of changing the code.