That all depends on what their needs where, some have been forced to move to other platforms to be able to use some standard software packages (Win, office:-)
Others, like me never really moved.
I am a profesional software developer located in Europe, that has been developing system level software for over 15 years.
Starting with OS/2 version 1.0 in 1987, I stayed using OS/2 whenever possible.
As a developer I really liked it, and still do.
It does not mean I do not work for, or on other platforms like Windows-NT, Linux or other UNIX environments, but whenever the choice is mine I use OS/2 because that is the most convenient and efficient environment for me.
And yes, OS/2 is dead, it has been killed at least 10 times over the last 8 years and the latest version (4.50) just came out about one month ago:-)
Whats more, this version is not only marketed by IBM to its large customers that need it for their business (MCP / ACP), it is also marketed by an independant 3rd party company called Serenity Systems as a complete desktop solution called "eComStation". For details see:
http://www.ecomstation.com
As a developer of disk-related shareware, OS/2 and now eComstation for me is the ideal platform to develop my softeware even if it is multi-platform like mine.
I develop mainly on OS/2 and switch to Windows, and Linux only to compile and test their native versions.
With the upcoming release of Virtual-PC for OS/2 even that will not be needed anymore.
I will just run Win-whatever and Linux in a window on my eComstation desktop:-) see:
http://www.inotek.de
I really expect to be able to develop reliable disk recovery software for many years to come, and the majority of that development will be in an OS/2 environment!
For some of the DFSee shareware disk recovery and partitioning software have a look at:
Slashdot Mirror
That all depends on what their needs where, some have been forced to move to other platforms to be able to use some standard software packages (Win, office :-)
:-)
:-) see:
Others, like me never really moved.
I am a profesional software developer located in Europe, that has been developing system level software for over 15 years.
Starting with OS/2 version 1.0 in 1987, I stayed using OS/2 whenever possible.
As a developer I really liked it, and still do.
It does not mean I do not work for, or on other platforms like Windows-NT, Linux or other UNIX environments, but whenever the choice is mine I use OS/2 because that is the most convenient and efficient environment for me.
And yes, OS/2 is dead, it has been killed at least 10 times over the last 8 years and the latest version (4.50) just came out about one month ago
Whats more, this version is not only marketed by IBM to its large customers that need it for their business (MCP / ACP), it is also marketed by an independant 3rd party company called Serenity Systems as a complete desktop solution called "eComStation". For details see:
http://www.ecomstation.com
As a developer of disk-related shareware, OS/2 and now eComstation for me is the ideal platform to develop my softeware even if it is multi-platform like mine.
I develop mainly on OS/2 and switch to Windows, and Linux only to compile and test their native versions.
With the upcoming release of Virtual-PC for OS/2 even that will not be needed anymore.
I will just run Win-whatever and Linux in a window on my eComstation desktop
http://www.inotek.de
I really expect to be able to develop reliable disk recovery software for many years to come, and the majority of that development will be in an OS/2 environment!
For some of the DFSee shareware disk recovery and partitioning software have a look at:
http://www.fsys.demon.nl/dfsee.htm
Regards, Jan van Wijk