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IBM Officially Kills OS/2

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the rest-in-peace dept.

boarder8925 writes "'Big Blue has hammered the final nails into OS/2's coffin. It said that all sales of OS/2 will end on the 23rd of December this year, and support for the pre-emptive multitasking operating system will end on the 31st December 2006.' IBM has posted a migration page to help OS/2 users easily switch to Linux."

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  1. Hey! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It ain't dead until Netcraft confirms it!

    1. Re:Hey! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      what a shame.. os/2 had so much potential

    2. Re:Hey! by darkpixel2k · · Score: 5, Funny

      4.

      1. I heard they were killing OS/2.
      2. Yeah, me too!
      3. F*ck OS/2
      4. Grow up, retard.

      Yeah. Four posts.

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  2. Quick Question... by Azadre · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is the OS/2 ran on older hardware similiar to what ran Windows 3.1? Should those that run OS/2 just upgrade to 3.1?

  3. Year of Linux Desktop by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a sure thing with all those OS/2 users coming over.

    1. Re:Year of Linux Desktop by mvdw · · Score: 5, Funny

      You mis-spelled 'both'. HTH.

  4. migration strategy by markov_chain · · Score: 5, Funny

    To help switch to Linux, they are assigning a different engineer to each of the 12 customers. Talk about service! :^)

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  5. Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines by Guy+Harris · · Score: 5, Funny
    I entered my PIN number into an ATM machine

    Did the ATM machine run Windows 2000, which is built on Windows NT technology?

    I know, I should STFU up...

    Only if you're posting over a DSL line.

  6. Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    For the love of god it's ATM not ATM machine. No one goes to the Automatic Teller Machine Machine

    Anybody with a PIN number goes to an ATM machine.

  7. Re:Won't somebody please think of the ATM machines by flyingsquid · · Score: 5, Funny
    For the love of god it's ATM not ATM machine. No one goes to the Automatic Teller Machine Machine

    Well, obviously the ATM machine is the machine which dispenses the ATMs.

  8. Re:Think of the marketing IBM wasted by Mozk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, most ATMs block incoming emails.

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  9. OS/2 Userbase shocked at recent developments!!! by SMS_Design · · Score: 5, Funny

    The OS/2 userbase was totally shocked upon hearing this news from IBM. He then went to the fridge and got a soda.