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IBM Won't Open-Source OS/2

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the big-blue-meanies dept.

wikinerd writes "Following an online petition in November 2007 by members of an OS/2 online community to open-source OS/2, IBM answered by sending a letter via FedEx making it clear that OS/2 is going to remain closed-source, citing business, technical, and legal reasons. An earlier petition in 2005 that had attracted over 11,000 signatures met a similar response. Both petition letters to IBM Corp. can be viewed at the OS2World.com library. The End of Support period for OS/2 passed by in December 2006, and the given IBM's response the future for OS/2 doesn't look bright, unless re-implementation projects such as Voyager or osFree attract the necessary critical mass of operating system developers."

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  1. Please ban this racist. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As an African American I find this extremely offensive.

    To have such vile things said on a prominant website on MLK day is unconsionable.

    You should be ashamed of yourself for posting this garbage, vermin. Ban this hate speach. Banish it from the internet.

    We won't be free until every racist is silenced.

    1. Re:Please ban this racist. by X3J11 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      And when education and ridicule fail, a trip out to the back lot with good ol' Mr. Rifle isn't such a bad idea. Some of them are just so far gone into their beliefs of racial superiority that their continued existence is an insult to humanity. Oops, I'm off-topic. Forgive me.

  2. Re:But why? by Eli+Gottlieb · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    the current petition to get Goldeneye on XBox live arcade is at 18,000 signatures and growing. I still don't see why they shouldn't just put Goldeneye on the Wii Virtual Console. Since it was an N64 game in the first place it'd be much cheaper that way.

    Don't mind Mii.
  3. we can't get os/2 code how about the beos or amiga by Joe+The+Dragon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If we can't get the os/2 code how about the beos or the Amiga os code?

  4. Re:But why? by knivesx11 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because the James Bond video game liscense is owned by Atari, I believe Golden Eye trademark is owned by EA games, and the source code to Goldeneye is owned half by rare and half by nintendo. Basicly its locked in IP hell.