Re:OsFree project: OS/2 Replacement
by twooclock on Monday April 20, 2020 @02:01PM
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This brings back memories! I was part of TVT (translation and verification team) for os/2 in 1996. Still remember how developers were supplying fresh builds to install and verify. We were a bunch of people from all over the world trying to do our best and localize os/2, but you could hear the boat sinking - windows was just too good - which is a pitty since from technical standpoint os/2 was better.
I have to check I sill might have some cds from that era...
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> windows was just too good - which is a pitty since from technical standpoint os/2 was better.
I grumbled about this through a fair part of the 1990s. I ran Warp for a while and programmed for it as well as for Windows 3.1 and Windows NT 3.5; on the machine I had at the time there were Windows 3.1 programs that actually ran better on OS/2's compatibility layer than they did in native Windows.
True. One thing I remember is that it had shortcuts which were introduced only in win95. Unfortunately its UI was not very intuitive.
Not to mention one had to pay for it when win 3.1 was widely available for free at your local pirate.
There are similar stories but with Wine. Something about OS API being better in linux, making programs run better in Wine.
Re:OsFree project: OS/2 Replacement
by betamaxthetape on Monday April 20, 2020 @02:51PM
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> I have to check I sill might have some cds from that era...
I know that the Internet Archive (https://archive.org/) are always willing to host CD images for their software collection. They accept uploads from anyone, but Jason Scott (@textfiles on twitter and HN) is their software curator if you need assistance.