The OS/2 user comunity is pretty large actually. My main reason for staying with OS/2 is that it's a working system. That, and the object oriented WPS desktop that is both powerful, flexible and easy to use. No other OS has got a feature that's even close to WPS.
Somebody at Mindcraft must have had a really bad hangover. It seems like they have mistaken Linux for NT and vice versa. Just swap all the values in the page and it should be correct.
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Making a native Java compiler may help speeding up the pace of application development. The drawback is that you loose the lovely cross platform ability you get with Java. If you don't use the platform it has been compiled for, you're screwed. Most of us will probably release our Java code GPL:ed or something similar, and this will not make a problem out of it. Unfortunately a few others won't GPL their work, and only compiles native code for a specific system.
To a small degree, this may slow the JVM development pace down since many people will run the native compiled code. I work with varying OS:es and hardware, from OS/2 and NT on regular PC:s and Solaris on Ultra5:s. If I can make an application run on each of those platforms without rewriting the code, thinking of MSB / LSB issues and some other not-so-funny stuff, it would be lovely. This is the issue with Java, besides having a clean and efficient language. If Cygnus had released a JVM with the same performance as IBM:s JDK 1.1.7 for OS/2, I would have cheered and danced naked on the streets.
The OS/2 WPS is an object oriented user interface that you can extend in almost unlimited ways without the need to recompile or modify the basic source code. You can make a special type of folder or file by inheriting the basic properties that object has and then adding a few new ones. One example is the desktop, that is a basic folder with a few new capabilities (like Shutdown). Adding a tab with your own setting for an object in the Properties panel is easy. This sort of flexibility doesn't exist in any other environments that I know of.
This site got some things about the WPS. http://ro.com/~jeffj/computers/os2/WPS/
That's the problem with Linux for me. You can have a striking terminal using transparency, OpenGL or whatever, but you still have to use the somewhat cryptic Unix commands. Using a desktop environment like KDE and Gnome sure helps, but it doesn't even scratch at the OS/2 WPS ease-of-use, extentiability and pure brute force. Linux makes a great server (install, configure, let it run five years, compile new kernel, reboot). However, I will not replace my OS/2 Warp system until there is something better than WPS in existance.
I found out a week ago that we have been running Samba under Solaris for over three years. That's an example of good server software: it just works, and nobody knows how or why. When it's time to upgrade the server to handle more users, you have to look all over the place for them. We found the printer server in August, sitting in a small closet somewhere. It was a 486 running OS/2 Warp Server, and it had apparently been running since first installed without any problems. We rebooted the thing and left a small note for the next ones to find it.
BE & OS 2 huh? Both suck. If Mac OS X doesn't suck yet, it soon will.
Actually, all OS suck. The point is that some of the ones out there suck less than others. You just can't say "all other than Linux sucks" without trying them first. However, NT sucks like a blonde girl charging money for sexual activities, but without the good parts about it. In other words, a rip-off.
Write more linux apps please!
I do use Linux, even if it's not on a daily basis and not for doing native apps. The basic usage of Linux for me is to create Unix shell scripts for people who just want to type 'run' to start the apps.
You have three alternatives: MacOS, BeOS and OS/2. MacOS has got one of the cleanest interfaces available today, and it's actually really cute. Even a drunk person can use a Mac. BeOS is more technically advanced than most other operating systems available today, but is still really easy to use and configure. Lastly, OS/2 has got two points that make it shine: WPS and Java. For all of you who haven't seen the WPS, it's an object oriented user interface with enormous capabilites which makes it really easy to create a desktop you really like and want to work with. The Java engine in OS/2 is the fastest one on the x86 platform today, and it's getting better.
If you combined all of these three operating systems you would get a tremendous thing. Add the technically advanced and stable Linux (or FreeBSD) kernel, and you're in for a killer.
The only way to patent an algorithm in Sweden is to build a machine that does the stuff. As a not-so-bad bonus, you get a lot of cute chicks that actually have an IQ that is *not* below a wet brick.
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The OS/2 user comunity is pretty large actually. My main reason for staying with OS/2 is that it's a working system. That, and the object oriented WPS desktop that is both powerful, flexible and easy to use. No other OS has got a feature that's even close to WPS.
Somebody at Mindcraft must have had a really bad hangover. It seems like they have mistaken Linux for NT and vice versa. Just swap all the values in the page and it should be correct.
Making a native Java compiler may help speeding up the pace of application development. The drawback is that you loose the lovely cross platform ability you get with Java. If you don't use the platform it has been compiled for, you're screwed. Most of us will probably release our Java code GPL:ed or something similar, and this will not make a problem out of it. Unfortunately a few others won't GPL their work, and only compiles native code for a specific system.
To a small degree, this may slow the JVM development pace down since many people will run the native compiled code. I work with varying OS:es and hardware, from OS/2 and NT on regular PC:s and Solaris on Ultra5:s. If I can make an application run on each of those platforms without rewriting the code, thinking of MSB / LSB issues and some other not-so-funny stuff, it would be lovely. This is the issue with Java, besides having a clean and efficient language. If Cygnus had released a JVM with the same performance as IBM:s JDK 1.1.7 for OS/2, I would have cheered and danced naked on the streets.
>I've kissed Netscape goodbye a long time ago when I saw how much faster IE was.
Strange, I can't even run it on any of my OS:es because it doesn't even exist. Have they released a Linux or an OS/2 version that I haven't noticed?
The OS/2 WPS is an object oriented user interface that you can extend in almost unlimited ways without the need to recompile or modify the basic source code. You can make a special type of folder or file by inheriting the basic properties that object has and then adding a few new ones. One example is the desktop, that is a basic folder with a few new capabilities (like Shutdown). Adding a tab with your own setting for an object in the Properties panel is easy. This sort of flexibility doesn't exist in any other environments that I know of.
This site got some things about the WPS.
http://ro.com/~jeffj/computers/os2/WPS/
That's the problem with Linux for me. You can have a striking terminal using transparency, OpenGL or whatever, but you still have to use the somewhat cryptic Unix commands. Using a desktop environment like KDE and Gnome sure helps, but it doesn't even scratch at the OS/2 WPS ease-of-use, extentiability and pure brute force. Linux makes a great server (install, configure, let it run five years, compile new kernel, reboot). However, I will not replace my OS/2 Warp system until there is something better than WPS in existance.
I found out a week ago that we have been running Samba under Solaris for over three years. That's an example of good server software: it just works, and nobody knows how or why. When it's time to upgrade the server to handle more users, you have to look all over the place for them. We found the printer server in August, sitting in a small closet somewhere. It was a 486 running OS/2 Warp Server, and it had apparently been running since first installed without any problems. We rebooted the thing and left a small note for the next ones to find it.
What exactly do you think the halt/reboot/shutdown commands do?
What exactly do you think Start -> Shutdown do?
BE & OS 2 huh? Both suck. If Mac OS X doesn't suck yet, it soon will.
Actually, all OS suck. The point is that some of the ones out there suck less than others. You just can't say "all other than Linux sucks" without trying them first. However, NT sucks like a blonde girl charging money for sexual activities, but without the good parts about it. In other words, a rip-off.
Write more linux apps please!
I do use Linux, even if it's not on a daily basis and not for doing native apps. The basic usage of Linux for me is to create Unix shell scripts for people who just want to type 'run' to start the apps.
You have three alternatives: MacOS, BeOS and OS/2. MacOS has got one of the cleanest interfaces available today, and it's actually really cute. Even a drunk person can use a Mac. BeOS is more technically advanced than most other operating systems available today, but is still really easy to use and configure. Lastly, OS/2 has got two points that make it shine: WPS and Java. For all of you who haven't seen the WPS, it's an object oriented user interface with enormous capabilites which makes it really easy to create a desktop you really like and want to work with. The Java engine in OS/2 is the fastest one on the x86 platform today, and it's getting better.
If you combined all of these three operating systems you would get a tremendous thing. Add the technically advanced and stable Linux (or FreeBSD) kernel, and you're in for a killer.
The only way to patent an algorithm in Sweden is to build a machine that does the stuff. As a not-so-bad bonus, you get a lot of cute chicks that actually have an IQ that is *not* below a wet brick.