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Windows 95 wiped out last PC competition

Installed only on IBMAt least, isn't that what wiped out OS/2?OS/2 was a great OS, but everyone heard about Windows through marketing and away the lemmings go. The interesting twist is that Apple's limited hardware base is still getting them more customers. Apple is starting to show up as...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, UNIX, Microsoft Windows 95, PC, operating system, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, IBM OS/2, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

RAR (DOS & OS/2) 3.90 (Windows)

This is a version of RAR archiver for DOS and OS/2. RAR's main features are general and multimedia compression, damaged archive repair, embedded archive comments and encryption.

Tags: Multimedia, IBM OS/2, DOS, Microsoft Windows, RARLAB, RAR, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-09-13

IBM Linux-OpenOffice Desktop offering - history repeating

My colleague, Paula Rooney, recently posted IBM launches first Linux-OpenOffice desktop with virtualization features that pointed out that IBM is having a go at pushing Microsoft's Windows off of corporate desktops once again. Although the technology is different this time around, the concept is the same. "What are you talking...

Tags: Desktop, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-09

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureYou forgot to mentionany bit of the Lotus 1-2-3 stories and the whole memory problem (expanded memory cards, EMS, HMS)And the IPX stories (Novell's Internetwork Packet Exchange).Internet or intranet?By December, 1995 there were still only 16 million internet users. That number wouldn't support a...

Tags: Operating systems, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows NT, IBM Corp., Internet

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

Back to Linux

Back to Linuxummmm...because it's free.never mind that you're obviously trolling with egregious overstatements and wildly inaccurate FUD scenarios; the appeal of Linux is elementary: it's free. And any future admin whose effectiveness upon being hired is contingent on hundreds if not thousands of dollars in MS licenses better be prepared...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-10-20

Microsoft moving closer to Centro

Microsoft moving closer to CentroSounds like a pseudo-product.Especially with it requiring multiple physical servers.I'm beginning to think that Microsoft does that deliberately, making it so hard to run multiple instances and services reliably on a single Windows box so you buy more, which inflates their revenue and market share.I'm heading...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., server, Cougar, Centro

Discussion threads 2007-11-07

IBM's attacks Microsoft with an OpenOffice symphony

IBM's attacks Microsoft with an OpenOffice symphonyStick to politicsMaybe IBM ought to stick to using politics to take down MS. It is the only thing that seems to work for them. And maybe MS will realize that it has no choice but to build up a political machinery second to...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Processors, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Intel Itanium, OpenOffice symphony, Citrix Systems Inc., OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pact

Dell joins Microsoft, Novell in Linux pactNothing newThis is really nothing new as Dell has been selling Linux servers for a long time. The only change here might come at Red Hat's expense if Dell is planning on pushing Microsoft Linux formerly SLES exclusively.Fantastic; Microsoft is Promoting Linux; Good for...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Management, Ubuntu, Linux, Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Canonical, IBM OS/2, Microsoft-Linux, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-07

As Outlook churns, is it WordPerfect's revenge?

As Outlook churns, is it WordPerfect's revenge?Lessons from OS2It's a good lesson to remember. The only difference between businesses and the jungle iis the clothes!DAniel Bonnici (n01bond)Technologie ist gut!Taking that 10 minute Folgers coffee break waiting for that marvelous monochrome green phosphorescent [i]c:>[/i] prompt and listening to the wonderful 'hi-tech'...

Tags: Operating systems, Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Outlook, IBM OS/2, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-02-27

As Outlook churns, is it WordPerfect's revenge?

Seems like early adopters whove rushed to install Windows Vista and Office 2007 are suffering from a bad dose of indigestion in their Outlook inboxes. Its astonishing that in the midst of a serious challenge from a new generation of Web-native office suites, Microsoft should give its rivals a...

Tags: Collaboration, Web 2.0, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-02-27

IBM software to reduce cost of using Linux, Mac systems?

IBM software to reduce cost of using Linux, Mac systems?It must be impossible""No one is going to dramatically unseat Microsoft's desktop dominance."Why because it's impossible? It won't be easy but tools such as these offered by IBM have every chance of reducing number or margins on MS two profitable products...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Groupware, Microsoft Office, IBM Lotus Notes, Eclipse RCP, inertia, OpenOffice, IBM Corp., Linux, IBM OS/2, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-12

IT pros: Avoid becoming a human OS/2

Calvin Sun kicks off his column, Surviving your Customers, with a look at how technical superiority doesn't always equal success--either in the marketplace or in the IT industry. Sun urges IT pros to avoid relying entirely on technical skills for career success, citing a recent CIO magazine survey in...

Tags: IBM OS/2, Information Technology, Calvin Sun, Professional Development, Strategy, Career, Management

Download resources 2007-02-12

Don't repeat the business mistakes of history: Learn from the tragicomedy of OS/2 and IBM

They say those who fail to learn from the mistakes of history are doomed to repeat them. Take a look through the dark glass of hindsight at some of the most influential marketing and business ideas and decisions of the last twenty years. Learn why these these philosophies didn't work...

Tags: Chapter, IBM OS/2, IBM Corp., Apress, Operating Systems, Software

Download resources 2007-01-10

OpenVZ virtualization heads to Power chips

OpenVZ virtualization heads to Power chipsThats a rap: Linux on XboxLonghorn appears to be following IBM's old workspace on demand concept where OS/2 or some other Microsoft Windows product (OS/2 was a Microsoft product at the time, could be configured for serving up to desktop devices from an OS/2 server....

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Linux, Utility computing, Storage management, Microsoft Xbox, IBM OS/2, virtualization, OpenVZ virtualization, OpenVZ, Power Chips, Microsoft Longhorn

Discussion threads 2006-10-16

Patent verdict against Microsoft, Autodesk stands

Patent verdict against Microsoft, Autodesk standsGoodif the evidence was such, then pay the penalty and the enhanced. And don't let the ad for prior art dot com whatever throw ya. Unlike some other cases, prior art isn't relevant here. Now back to Eolas, Creative and Apple, IBM,...

Tags: Operating systems, Autodesk Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM OS/2

Discussion threads 2006-08-23

What about Bill Gates?

In his recent post (Who shapes IT? ), my colleague David Grober presents a list of those who have shaped the IT industry. Each name was contributed by other bloggers within the ZDNet family. What I want to know is why Bill Gates' name does not appear on...

Tags: Apple Computer Inc., IBM Corp., Bill Gates

Blog posts 2006-07-25

Leaner virtualization coming to Windows, Linux

Leaner virtualization coming to Windows, LinuxI see some very small benefitsThe fine-tuning of what runs in what container seems like micromanagement. This looks a lot like "full OS' threads - thread the entire OS instance and then run apps on each one.This seems to me to be similar to Raid...

Tags: Programming languages, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Java, IBM OS/2, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp., PC, virtualization, Linux

Discussion threads 2006-04-13

Cybercrooks ramp up against antivirus firms--and each other

Cybercrooks ramp up against antivirus firms--and each otherVirus, malware in generalRecently something appeared to have gotten into my news, mail and music system and was stealing ids and passwords. I recently retired after working for 40 years in the computer business. If I can't keep the 7 systems that I...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, antivirus, IBM OS/2

Discussion threads 2006-04-04

IBM's Mills touts managed clients

IBM's Mills touts managed clientsIBM's WorkplaceWell, I surely hope that IBM markets Workplace more effectively than it did OS/2.Mangled clientsI wonder what IBM will "manage" on a client. Will this manager make a "thick" client into a "thin" client? That's about the only way you can "manage" clients - eliminate...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Desktops, Recruitment & Selection, IBM Corp., IBM OS/2

Discussion threads 2005-08-11

Should IBM release OS/2 as open source?

Should IBM release OS/2 as open source?Why not?Hopefully IBM will open up what parts of OS/2 it can. I understand there are many IP issues to work out, but in reality, opening the OS would be another feather in IBM's OSS hat. If IBM totally kills OS/2, they are simply...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Even IBM, IBM OS/2, IBM Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2005-07-21