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Petition To Get OS/2 Open Source

Posted by Hemos on from the not-likely-but dept.

Landreth writes "There is currently an ongoing petition taking place at OS2 World to get IBM to open source either the whole part or parts of OS/2 to the community. I would highly encourage the Linux community to take part of this open source petition as well due to the fact there are lots of interesting code base the they could benefit from. To sign the petition: http://www.os2world.com/petition/" Despite the jokes about it, there was some good stuff in OS/2; however, I'd rank the ability to open it up fairly low, since I suspect there's a fair amount of legal restrictions on elements of the code.

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  1. Microsoft owns a lot of the code by SocietyoftheFist · · Score: 5, Funny

    It taint gonna happen.

  2. Re:I'm In (293) - Many More Needed. by lilmouse · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, now we know how many signatures there are at the beginning of the slashdotting! Now, if someone will dupe the story in 3-4 days, we can see how many signatures got added :-D

    --LWM

  3. Full name & DOB? by 0xdeaddead · · Score: 2, Funny

    What are you crazy?! I mean I know OS/2 users are in denial, but geez this is INSANE!

  4. Huh? by xenostar · · Score: 1, Funny

    What's OS/2? Like, half an operating system or something? :P

    1. Re:Huh? by wootest · · Score: 2, Funny

      Per that, is OS X 20 times the OS OS/2 will ever be? ;)

    2. Re:Huh? by WarPresident · · Score: 3, Funny

      What's OS/2? Like, half an operating system or something? :P

      Careful with that joke, it's an antique.

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  5. According to the BOFH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    According to the BOFH there are two remaining users of OS/2. Did they have a convention? Does two count as a convention?

    If they both sign the petition, it will be unanimous. Surely, IBM will bend to a unanimous decision.

  6. Re:Not going to happen for a long, LONG time... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    Because of that comment in the network security code:
    /* Better fix this before the final release */
  7. OS by BenjyD · · Score: 2, Funny

    A petition to make the OS OS2 OSS?

  8. Re:Windows DLL Code by njfuzzy · · Score: 4, Funny
    > There's your roadblock. (or your target...)

    I am guessing you have a Massachusetts drivers license?

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  9. Re:Not a chance by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    The enemy of my enemy is my friend - even if they're my enemy.

    KFG

  10. Petition to keep OS/2 closed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    gets my vote.

  11. Re:Not going to happen for a long, LONG time... by hackstraw · · Score: 4, Funny

    For all you MS-apologists out there: when was the last time you saw an ATM with an error that wasn't an Window error?

    Sometimes I have seen an error message saying something like "This ATM has insufficient funds for your transaction." I've always been suspicious of those and thought that they might have been covering up something, but was never sure.

  12. Re:I'm In (293) - Many More Needed. by tolan-b · · Score: 3, Funny

    2001..

    Do I get a prize for it being a geeky film reference? :)

  13. Linux Community? by ReadParse · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would highly encourage the Linux community to take part of this open source petition

    Then what are you doing here? Everybody knows Slashdot is a Mac site now :)

    RP

  14. ^^^ THERE THEY ARE!!! ^^^^ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Both of them, here on Slashdot. Who would have guessed.
    I know that I feel honored.

  15. Re:Ah, so you admit there ARE OS/2 users... ;-) by Richard+Steiner · · Score: 2, Funny

    Uh oh... I'm being followed. :-)

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