Samstag, den 19. Juli 2014 14:01, Vince Coen schrieb an Gert Andersen:
>> Not much, but as i know is ecomstation a OS there is based on IBM OS/w >> there turned on hardware. :) VC> Ecomstation is a very minor derivative of IBM OS/2 Warp 4.5. Well, EcomStation 2.1 isn't a full rewrite of OS/2 Warp, but nearly anything works properly now, compared to Warp 4.5. Even MultiCore (smp-kernel) JFS as FileSystem, and a huge crowd of software are included.
VC> It still has the Windows v3.0 code cluttering up the system, still only VC> supports 16 & 32bit addressing. It is a dodo and yes I starting using it VC> with v2 and only moved to Linux when IBM refused the community to maintain VC> it and strip out the Windows code. We had a full blueprint of works to do VC> to it over time but was ignored for what ever reason IBM sub exec gave. If you use native OS/2 Software, there is no need for Windows. ;-) Because of using virtual Machines like VM-Ware wich is not included on EcomStation you have no need to use 16bit DOS. ;-)
VC> Now it is maintained (sic) by a small company with regard to development VC> who changes silly money for very minor updates. I have to assume that VC> things have not changed in the year or so since. OS/2 aka EcomStation has some major features, compared to other os's: - it works on aktually buyable x86 hardware - it works with all network-protocols - it is absolutly secure against viruses/trojans - it is absolutly secure against backdors from GCHQ/NSA
VC> In the mean while file support for both OS/2 and Ecom is fully covered VC> with the GFD file stream from many German and Russian (and others) VC> programmers. I distribute this network and it is always fairly busy. :-)
VC> Just cannot see any use for OS2Net being revised, heck it died a death due VC> to lack of usage and any revival would just duplicate the GFD file VC> network. As for Filegate's OS2 offerings (in English), that has all but VC> died. Same with our russion and european kollegues. OS/2 has a tiny, but very interested usership. Most of us using OS/2 since a few years and are technically practiced. there is no need for a special OS/2 network.
VC> What do you want to do next, resurrect the CPM/MPM areas ? zuse ? ;-)
