Who is the target audience for this? I can't imagine that many modern applications support OS/2 the way that they support e.g. MorphOS, and $139 is a steep price for a borderline useless OS that doesn't have a community like the Amiga-derived OSes do.
It's been super amazing to see how much they could continue to support newer hardware and keep it going considering that I don't believe they have the kernel source.
It wasn't too long ago I saw OS/2 on some ATM machine that was crashed.
I used to love OS/2 back when developing DOS applications (since I could crash the app and not the machine). OS/2 got me interested in "real OS's" and then SunOS in college, etc.
ArcaOS is great in its own ways, it doesn't phone home, doesn't spy on your files, it's very stable, works on modern hardware, has a working browser, okay, it's not cutting edge, but it's fun and brings some of the joys of old-school computing back.
> They shall learn from the masters (Microsoft): a pirated version shall be easily available
I think you mean "should" not "shall".
Shall: this is a prediction of the future; this will happen.
Should: this is a recommendation; this is a desirable alternative; this ought to happen.
What you wrote is literally incorrect at present. But if I am right, you meant:
"They should learn from the masters (Microsoft): a pirated version should be easily available."
In which case, you're probably right.
IBM OS/2 is easily available, right up to Warp Server for eBusiness 4.52, the final IBM version.
Also, the first attempt to revive OS/2 is readily available -- eComStation 2.1 is on the Internet Archive. I installed it on a Thinkpad X61 tablet. It worked. I used all 32-bit releases of OS/2 and paid for the first couple (2.0 and 2.1) with my own cash, which I have never done with any other proprietary OS before or since.
I knew OS/2 pretty damned well. I am not skilled enough to get Firefox 45 to install on eComStation. I spent days on it.
Arca Noae really knows its stuff.
Footnote
I am a TEFL/TESOL teacher but not a linguist. I think that the way you use "shall" might have been a valid meaning up until roughly 100 years ago. I am not an expert on historical English usage. However, if you learned from very dated materials, this mistake would make more sense.
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[ 6.6 ms ] story [ 244 ms ] threadReally nice OS. Which it was a more reasonable $50 for personal use.
It wasn't too long ago I saw OS/2 on some ATM machine that was crashed.
I used to love OS/2 back when developing DOS applications (since I could crash the app and not the machine). OS/2 got me interested in "real OS's" and then SunOS in college, etc.
https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos/arcaos-screenshots/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/11/half-...
I think you mean "should" not "shall".
Shall: this is a prediction of the future; this will happen.
Should: this is a recommendation; this is a desirable alternative; this ought to happen.
What you wrote is literally incorrect at present. But if I am right, you meant:
"They should learn from the masters (Microsoft): a pirated version should be easily available."
In which case, you're probably right.
IBM OS/2 is easily available, right up to Warp Server for eBusiness 4.52, the final IBM version.
Also, the first attempt to revive OS/2 is readily available -- eComStation 2.1 is on the Internet Archive. I installed it on a Thinkpad X61 tablet. It worked. I used all 32-bit releases of OS/2 and paid for the first couple (2.0 and 2.1) with my own cash, which I have never done with any other proprietary OS before or since.
I knew OS/2 pretty damned well. I am not skilled enough to get Firefox 45 to install on eComStation. I spent days on it.
Arca Noae really knows its stuff.
Footnote
I am a TEFL/TESOL teacher but not a linguist. I think that the way you use "shall" might have been a valid meaning up until roughly 100 years ago. I am not an expert on historical English usage. However, if you learned from very dated materials, this mistake would make more sense.