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Old Operating Systems Never Die

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 17, 2009 @05:59AM from the they-just-start-running-in-loops dept.

Harry writes "Haiku, an open-source re-creation of legendary 1990s operating system BeOS, was released in alpha form this week. The news made me happy and led me to check in on the status of other once-prominent OSes — CP/M, OS/2, AmigaOS, and more. Remarkably, none of them are truly defunct: In one form or another, they or their descendants are still available, being used by real people to accomplish useful tasks. Has there ever been a major OS that simply went away, period?"

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Re:Yes, there is by jimwelch · 2009-09-17 06:39 · Score: 0, Offtopic

I guess no one (stifle, stifle) here ever watched "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear". Nicole Noone (Sonya Walger) was/is so HOT! A geek dream come true!

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Re:MacOS 9 by Jonathan · 2009-09-17 06:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

When I read "OS 9" I was thinking "Gee..I didn't know they ported OS-9 to the Mac until I realized that you meant version 9 of the the classic Mac OS.