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Virtual PC for OS/2 released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the both-users-rejoice dept.

LordNimon writes "Who says OS/2 is dead? Not Innotek, apparently. They just released Virtual PC for OS/2 (aka VPC/2), which allows you to run any PC operating system inside OS/2. They also made available OS/2 "guest" support, which improves the support for running OS/2 under VPC for Windows. I just deleted my Linux partition amd reinstalled it under VPC/2, and now I never have to reboot again! I also heard that that OS/2 development team found a number of bugs in the core code, and the fixes were incorporated into the Windows version. Today is a great day for OS/2 users, especially those that want to try out Linux or run Windows apps that don't work with Odin."

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  1. Re:Euros. by generic-man · · Score: 1, Insightful

    OS/2 was very popular in Europe, with many large corporations still using it. (That's the reason why IBM won't open the code or give away the binaries, BTW.) Back when I used OS/2 in the states, a lot of the programs I used came from Germany, Finland, etc. Microsoft has run into much more resistance in Europe than in the U.S. as far as competition and government are concerned.

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