Another OS has been rendered casualty of the endless evolution and counter-evolution of OSes. This time, it is OS/2 Warp. IBM has officially killed the product. Well, it is about time. Technically, it has been long killed by Microsoft's Windows NT. IBM has now to contend itself with a two-pronged approach to the x86 market. Linux (it vehemently supports Red Hat) and Windows (yes, from the backstabber of IBM, Microsoft). IBM is now posting migration paths from OS/2 to Linux. I had a short experience with OS/2 Warp, but that experience got cut short by, ehem, Windows... From Windows for Workgroups to Windows 95 to Windows 2000 to Windows XP. I am so unlucky to be a late bloomer in the Linux world.
I am an open source fan but I know Longhorn, despite the bashing it receives from Media and the OSS community, will be a killer app. Something worth the wait... OK, time to bid goodbye. So long OS/2... See you at the history books.
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