ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution

Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by rmrk on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @12:23PM (#14359988)

Are there orgs out there still running OS/2 ?

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by monocasa on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @12:28PM (#14360034)

The grocery store I worked at as a teenager had an OS/2 frontend to an AS/400 that was hooked into all of the cashier stations and inventory management. I doubt that they've replaced it.

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by ch_123 on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @01:46PM (#14360860)

The eComStation site lists some orgs who are using it - http://ecomstation.com/

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by dmix on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @05:40PM (#14363047)

> Belgacom, Belgium

Wasn't that the one NSA hacked?

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by mhd on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @05:57PM (#14363179)

Used to be quite popular with ATMs, so I wouldn't be surprised if a few of those still survived for banks where they connect to IBM mainframes.

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by discreditable on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @01:31PM (#14360693)

Our voicemail server is OS/2. :(

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by ams6110 on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @11:06PM (#14364560)

IIRC it was pretty popular for running Lotus Notes. But who uses that anymore either?

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by adrianN on Thursday May 18, 2017 @02:08AM (#14365152)

It's called IBM Notes now, and people do indeed still run it.

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by Grazester on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @01:12PM (#14360487)

I believe the New York MTA use OS2 for their MTA metro card activity

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by notmtaemployee on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @05:47PM (#14363109)

They run Windows NT 4 on the mvm and even have a custom badged start up screen http://salim.virji.net/pix/transit/mta/crashed_metrocard_ven...

The OS/2 stuff is used on the back end of the metro card system.

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by Grazester on Thursday May 18, 2017 @08:10AM (#14366545)

Ah so they use OS/2!

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Re:ArcaOS 5.0 now available: new OS/2 distribution by Zardoz84 on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @12:28PM (#14360037)

banks

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