Ars TechnicaUnreleased preview version of Microsoft’s OS/2 2.0 posted to Internet Archive
Microsoft's involvement in IBM's OS/2 project ended before v2.0 was released.
George Dinwiddie
Esther Schindler@gdinwiddie Yes! Sharing!
G. Waleed Kavalec@arstechnica
OS/2 Development laid the foundation of what became Windows NT
...which pulled Windows towards 95
and eventually Windows 2000.
And most of what we run now.
OS/2 Development laid the foundation of what became Windows NT
...which pulled Windows towards 95
and eventually Windows 2000.
And most of what we run now.
Carlo@kavalec @arstechnica
Actually, I think that Windows NT has an almost completely different codebase (see https://www.os2museum.com/wp/nt-and-os2/#:~:text=OS%2F2%20and%20Windows%20NT,of%20design%20or%20source%20code.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#:~:text=Microsoft%20decided%20to%20change%20the%20primary%20application%20programming%20interface%20for%20the%20still%20unreleased%20NT%20OS/2%20(as%20it%20was%20then%20known)%20from%20an%20extended%20OS/2%20API%20to%20an%20extended%20Windows%20API. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#:~:text=many%20elements%20of%20the%20design%20reflect%20earlier%20DEC%20experience%20with%20Cutler%27s%20VMS%2C%5B24%5D%20VAXELN%20and%20RSX%2D11%2C%20but%20also%20an%20unreleased%20object%2Dbased%20operating%20system%20developed%20by%20Cutler%20at%20Digital%20codenamed%20MICA.)
Actually, I think that Windows NT has an almost completely different codebase (see https://www.os2museum.com/wp/nt-and-os2/#:~:text=OS%2F2%20and%20Windows%20NT,of%20design%20or%20source%20code.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#:~:text=Microsoft%20decided%20to%20change%20the%20primary%20application%20programming%20interface%20for%20the%20still%20unreleased%20NT%20OS/2%20(as%20it%20was%20then%20known)%20from%20an%20extended%20OS/2%20API%20to%20an%20extended%20Windows%20API. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT#:~:text=many%20elements%20of%20the%20design%20reflect%20earlier%20DEC%20experience%20with%20Cutler%27s%20VMS%2C%5B24%5D%20VAXELN%20and%20RSX%2D11%2C%20but%20also%20an%20unreleased%20object%2Dbased%20operating%20system%20developed%20by%20Cutler%20at%20Digital%20codenamed%20MICA.)
Sk@tterBr@iNz@arstechnica I ran OS/2 Warp 3 for about a year. Back when it was almost cool. Compuserve/Prodigy/BBS days. I need a kleenex.
What the Flok?@arstechnica They stole what they needed for NT, so they dumped it.
KeithC@arstechnica There were things in OS/2 that Windows can't do even now.
Robert Jan Schutten@arstechnica I sure miss OS/2. OS/2 Warp was the best. I know I am really dating myself with this.
Brett Glass - WY7BG@arstechnica I ran OS/2 Warp on my main computer for quite a few years. It wasn't just a good GUI operating system; it also ran DOS apps better than Windows. I eventually had to drop it when development stopped and I needed to use Windows apps that it wouldn't run.
SaftyKuma@arstechnica Verdict: Better than Win11
Kai Kretschmann@arstechnica I still remember when the first OS/2 version changed from text based only to the next one with real graphics. Until then we only had text based UIs for banking SW. And it worked.