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r56 r69 9 9 you explain them that this has nothing to do with Linux and that the 10 10 original system was done by IBM and they called it OS/2, we either 11 end up with a big question mark on their face or with a statement like12 <quote>Oh, I used to work with that as well, it was good but I11 end up with a big question mark on their face or with a statement 12 like <quote>Oh, I used to work with that as well, it was good but I 13 13 didn't had any software/drivers/whatever for it</quote>. People 14 14 who worked with it a bit more explain that it was the best thing to 15 15 administrate their fileservers, if they were even more skilled they 16 16 start telling stories about how they did interact with the desktop 17 and you can still see a twinkle in their eyes if they talk 18 about it. The authors of this book are still using OS/2 or its19 official successor eComStation every day. We work on it, we write20 software for it, we extend it. But we are realistic. We know, that21 one day there will not be any more hardware to run it on, at least22 not in native mode. We know, that we have to invest already nowadays23 a lot of time, money and energy to get things like ACPI done, andto24 port de-facto standards like OpenOffice and the Mozilla suite to it.25 We also know, that we will never get the source code of the system by26 IBM, the thing we would need desperately to fix some very annoying27 bugs andlimitations in it.</para>17 and you can still see a twinkle in their eyes if they talk about it. 18 The authors of this book are still using OS/2 or its official 19 successor eComStation every day. We work on it, we write software for 20 it, we extend it. But we are realistic. We know, that one day there 21 will not be any more hardware to run it on, at least not in native 22 mode. We know, that we have to invest already nowadays a lot of time, 23 money and energy to get things like ACPI done, and to port de-facto 24 standards like OpenOffice and the Mozilla suite to it. We also know, 25 that we will never get the source code of the system by IBM, the 26 thing we would need desperately to fix some very annoying bugs and 27 limitations in it.</para> 28 28 29 29 <para>So we have to think about the options we have. Some of us did … … 40 40 <title>Facts and Religion</title> 41 41 42 <para>In <xref linkend="dov.overview.tvp.h" /> we explain the history of the Voyager project, 43 including some details about what IBM planned to do with OS/2 years 44 ago. As we all know, it came different, OS/2 never got the success 45 it deserved from a technical point of view, the world is still 46 dominated by Microsoft and Windows.</para> 42 <para>In <xref linkend="dov.overview.tvp.h"/> we explain the 43 history of the Voyager project, including some details about what 44 IBM planned to do with OS/2 years ago. As we all know, it came 45 different, OS/2 never got the success it deserved from a technical 46 point of view, the world is still dominated by Microsoft and 47 Windows.</para> 47 48 48 49 <para>After the first presentation of Voyager to the public at … … 115 116 <title>netlabs.org</title> 116 117 117 <para>Describe netlabs.org here.</para> 118 <para>netlabs.org was founded in 1997 with the goal of creating 119 a center for free Open Source Software for OS/2 and also 120 eComStation (eCS). Today netlabs.org is one of the largest 121 developers of OS/2 software outside of IBM itself.</para> 122 123 <para>With its many ground-breaking projects, netlabs.org has 124 won a name for itself in the great OS/2 and eCS Community. More 125 information and projects can be found at 126 <ulink url="http://www.netlabs.org/"> 127 http://www.netlabs.org/</ulink>.</para> 118 128 119 129 </tip> … … 195 205 <title>Workplace Shell (WPS)</title> 196 206 197 <para>Describe the WPS here.</para> 207 <para>The Workplace Shell (WPS) is an award-winning 208 object-oriented desktop shell produced by IBM's Boca Raton 209 development lab for OS/2 2.0. It is based on Common User Access 210 and made a radical shift away from the Program Manager type 211 interface that earlier versions of OS/2 shared with Windows 3.x 212 or the application-oriented WIMP interface of the Apple 213 Macintosh. The Workplace Shell was also used in OS/2 Warp 3 and 214 Warp 4 (now abandoned by IBM), and is still the user interface 215 of the revamped successor to OS/2 called eComStation. Source: 216 <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_Shell"/> 217 </para> 198 218 199 219 </tip> -
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r68 r69 128 128 <title>eComStation</title> 129 129 130 <para>Describe eCS & SSI here.</para> 130 <para>eComStation 1.2R is the currently available version of 131 this operating system. It is based on IBM personal computer 132 operating system technology, and includes many UI enhancements, 133 a reorganisation of the desktop to reflect today's 134 Internet-centred computing world, additional networking 135 technology to allow connecting to the latest broadband Internet 136 connections such as Cable, ISDN and xDSL, and the further 137 improved installation routine makes installing easier than ever 138 on both cutting-edge and legacy hardware.</para> 139 140 <para>eComStation installs directly from CD on modern hardware 141 like AMD Athlon64 based computers, large IDE and SATA 142 harddrives and supports a host of network-, sound- and 143 videocards out of the box</para> 144 145 <para>For more info on availability, pricing and support 146 options please go to <ulink url="http://www.ecomstation.com/">http://www.ecomstation.com/</ulink> 147 </para> 131 148 132 149 </tip> … … 169 186 170 187 <para>Voyager is also a reference to the NASA <emphasis>Voyager 171 1</emphasis> spacecraft ( 188 1</emphasis> spacecraft ( 172 189 <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1"/>), an 173 190 815-kilogram unmanned probe of the outer solar system and beyond,
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