I think this is IBM's fault as much as anyone else here. They could've done a better job but they decided to sell out to Mickeysoft for the longest time, and then in one of it's most ignorant moves it decided to cut support to OS/2 users to try to force us off onto Windows. Of course it was completely unsucessful, and even those of us who considered "The more viable platforms" that IBM refered to so graciously found ourselves on Linux,BSD, BeOS and Solaris.
So in other words IBM failed to force us over OS/2. Bottom line here is eComstation is the long awaited reality check for IBM and it's swarms of OS/2 followers. Nor only has OS/2 interest been reaffirmed but new interest in OS/2 has started to climb slowly but surely. As for OS/2 being dead, I'm just curious how many people here were forced to Beta Test the Windows XP. Because at latest it has one of the most severe application and driver shortages in Microsoft's history. Get I don't even use Windows and I realized after installing the Beta just how bad off it was. So if you think OS/2 or BeOS are dead boy just wait till you have to test XP.
Aggh, All and all though I think it goes a little like this. Look around and try everything. Find what you like. Then keep at it.
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I think this is IBM's fault as much as anyone else here. They could've done a better job but they decided to sell out to Mickeysoft for the longest time, and then in one of it's most ignorant moves it decided to cut support to OS/2 users to try to force us off onto Windows. Of course it was completely unsucessful, and even those of us who considered "The more viable platforms" that IBM refered to so graciously found ourselves on Linux,BSD, BeOS and Solaris.
So in other words IBM failed to force us over OS/2. Bottom line here is eComstation is the long awaited reality check for IBM and it's swarms of OS/2 followers. Nor only has OS/2 interest been reaffirmed but new interest in OS/2 has started to climb slowly but surely. As for OS/2 being dead, I'm just curious how many people here were forced to Beta Test the Windows XP. Because at latest it has one of the most severe application and driver shortages in Microsoft's history. Get I don't even use Windows and I realized after installing the Beta just how bad off it was. So if you think OS/2 or BeOS are dead boy just wait till you have to test XP.
Aggh, All and all though I think it goes a little like this. Look around and try everything. Find what you like. Then keep at it.