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OS/2 Community Tries Bounty System

Posted by timothy on from the warped-minds dept.

Grayskull writes "The OS/2 and eComStation community are trying to get open source software ported to that platform by opening bounties and allowing people to chip in with prize money. Currently the most important open bounties are Java 6 port, Icon routines in OS/2, VirtualBox port, Extend multimedia and OpenWengo ports."

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  1. Bounties? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not even Boba Fett would do /that/ job for /that/ bounty.

  2. Team OS/2! by David+Gerard · · Score: 5, Funny

    OS/2! Named after the number of users remaining!

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    1. Re:Team OS/2! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think OS/2 suffered from a warp core breach.

    2. Re:Team OS/2! by motherjoe · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think OS/2 suffered from a warp core breach.

      And how!

      Just after they were caught by the Borg leader Gerstner and resistance was futile. :)

      Couldn't resist!

      Take care.

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  3. Truly hopeless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously, this is like getting grandma a boobjob so maybe she can score a young IT guy with money.

    Donate it to the community or give it up!

    1. Re:Truly hopeless by darkpixel2k · · Score: 4, Funny

      They can't open source it. It's encumbered.

      Are we still talking about OS/2 or his grandmother?

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    2. Re:Truly hopeless by David+Gerard · · Score: 4, Funny

      Thank you, I'm going to have to scrub my brain with bleach now.

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  4. What! by k33l0r · · Score: 3, Funny

    Someone is still using OS/2? Perhaps there should also be bounties for porting software to Win 95 & NT 4.0 and Linux kernel v1.0...

    1. Re:What! by David+Gerard · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah, I can see a huge bright future for ATMs running Java and GIMP and Firefox and Chrome.

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  5. Not very bountiful by rickkas7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    How hard up for money do you need to be to port GTK+ 2.x to OS/2 for $ 30?

    1. Re:Not very bountiful by mollymoo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't be so dismissive, I'll be investing my $40 from recovering data from a zeroed disk into a new keyboard to work on this port.

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    2. Re:Not very bountiful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      They watched that infomerical about how for just $30 a port you can feed a homeless OS/2 programmer for a day or two. ;)

  6. Yes, but no virus or trojans by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 2, Funny

    I run OS/2 as my primary desktop. I'm safe from viruii as there is none for it.

    There is some security through obscurity.

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  7. Re:Open source the OS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The OS in encumbered by crap from Microsoft and COUNTLESS other contributors.

    Oh, a stew?

  8. Re:I'm not sure that this is the place for bountie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...but OS/2 doesn't have anything like the charisma or fanbase, and it is too young and modern to appeal heavily on nostalgic grounds(unlike, say, C64).

    Ah, you should have seen the 90s! There were OS/2 fanboys that made the Apple guys look like sissy boys. They were rabid. Just say, "OS/2 is what, DOS 5.0?"
    Ooooo Weeee! It would have been better to call their mother a whore!

  9. This just in, OS/2 users drive Ford Pintos by cryfreedomlove · · Score: 2, Funny

    I surveyed the OS/2 user community. 95% of them drive vintage Ford Pintos. The other 5% still drive their Mom's station wagon.

  10. This will be my next project by Alonzo+Meatman · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'll accept a few of these bounties as soon as I have the chance. However, right now I'm too busy porting OpenMUMPS to the Atari ST. I'll get back to you in a year or so.

  11. Re:What does OS/2 offer today? by MrNaz · · Score: 2, Funny

    - No virus, no spyware.

    A few bounties can fix that right up.

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  12. Car analog by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am willing to pay $150 for alloy wheels for my Ford Model T, anybody interested?

  13. Please, God, let it DIE! by JasonEngel · · Score: 2, Funny

    Look, people, it's simple.

    OS/2 was a horse. More like a sway-backed nag.
    It died.
    More than 10 years ago.
    ???
    There is NO profit!


    Seriously - Stop beating this dead horse!

  14. Re:OS/Who? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    That Unix OS or whatever is nearly 40 years old. THAT must be an extremely obsolete OS.

  15. Community? by clockwise_music · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's an OS/2 community?

    And I thought that Trekkies were nerdy.

  16. Re:Open source the OS by Richard+Steiner · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's right. If it isn't a UNIX-based or Windows-based OS, it doesn't deserve to live regardless of what it might have contributed to history or what functional/technical merit it might have for future generations. POSIX and Redmond have all of the computing answers, and are the only technologies that were ever worth anything...

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