IBM assured customers Thursday that the company will continue to sell and support OS/2, clarifying an online notice that drew speculation that the vintage operating system was being phased out. The ...

I've never been religious about computer operating systems. I use what works best for me. A year ago, my home computer's main operating system was IBM's OS/2 Warp. Despite serious flaws, it met my ...

In a move that marks the end of an era, New Mexico State University (NMSU) recently announced the impending closure of its Hobbes OS/2 Archive on April 15, 2024. For over three decades, the archive ...

IBM, which will end support of its aging OS/2 operating system after 2006, is recommending that OS/2 customers migrate to Linux instead of Windows. But there’s little likelihood that IBM’s advice will ...

Rabid developers and other fans of IBM’s OS/2 refuse to let the legendary operating system die. In the wake of IBM declaring that it is dropping support for it, over 11,000 people have signed a ...

IBM releases z/OS 2.5 to help modernize mainframe computing Your email has been sent IBM recently announced the release of version 2.5 of its z/OS mainframe operating ...

Harry McCracken dusts off the history books: On April 2, 1987…IBM unveiled its plans to reinvent the PC industry…[with the] PS/2 line…accompanied by a next-generation operating system, OS/2…intended ...

Today marks the 25th anniversary of IBM’s announcement of the OS/2 PC operating system. Harry McCracken over on Time.com has a great piece reflecting back on the success and failure’s of IBM’s ill ...

For a certain subset of our readers, mentioning IBM’s OS/2 is likely to bring forth a pang of nostalgia, while for others it’s more likely to bring to mind meme images of rebooting ATM displays.

I used it everyday for about ten years and don't recall it being fragile. He has several articles on his website going in depth into OS/2. Most of the problems he encounters is related to the piss ...