Re: It's over

Post #229,178 by LewisR 10/11/05 6:46:46 PM Reply	Re: It's over That is an absurd statement. Warpstock, eCS, and OS/2 are far from "over." I suppose now that Linux is the flavor of the month that AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris are "over," as well? And perhaps, by extraction, that users of those OSes no longer have a need for techincal information and knowledge? AIX: [link\|http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/services/learning/ites.wss?pageType=page&c=a0006123\|http://www-304.ibm.c...e=page&c=a0006123] HP-UX: [link\|http://www.supercomp.de/isc2005/index.php?s=default\|http://www.supercomp...dex.php?s=default] Solaris: [link\|http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisx86/messages/15703?threaded=1\|http://groups.yahoo..../15703?threaded=1] and [link\|http://www.sun.com/sunnetwork/snceuro2005/\|http://www.sun.com/s...work/snceuro2005/] Yeah, they're "over," too... ;-) -- Lewis ------------------------------------------------------------ Lewis G Rosenthal, CNA, CLE Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC Accountants / Network Consultants New York / Northern Virginia www.2rosenthals.com eComStation Consultants www.ecomstation.com Novell Users International www.novell.com/linux/truth Warpstock 2005 - Hershey, Pennsylvania, October 6-9, 2005 www.warpstock.org ------------------------------------------------------------
Post #229,185 by admin 10/11/05 7:08:46 PM Reply	I don't see anyone here saying those are over. OS/2 is far more over than any of those, especially since they are all still being sold for new commercial installations. In my opinion, this state of affairs has nothing to do with OS/2 itself, and everything to do with the applications. As far as the x86 platform goes, however, it's pretty much Linux, BSD, and Windows (well, and Apple in the coming months). I had the odd situation today where Linux was better supported than a proprietary OS (Solaris 10 x86) -- I've never had to deal with that before. PVCS and MQSeries are unavailable for Solaris X86, as is Oracle 9i. While individuals may still happily use OS/2 (and there are a number of them here), the OS as a wide-scale commercial platform is pretty much done. I haven't even seen an OS/2 ATM in a while. :-( Hell, I use still TOS 1.0 on a TT030 at home, but I'm not about to claim that Atari isn't "over". There are probably BeOS users out there as well. But neither of those could hardly be called going concerns. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #229,186 by boxley 10/11/05 7:13:10 PM Reply	uh oh can you shoot me an email on the qt about how the x86 sol 10 vendor support vs linux support? I have to make a decision regarding which path to follow for the next 3 years by nov 1. williamoxley at netscrape dot net Appreciate if you are able to. thanx, bill "the reason people don't buy conspiracy theories is that they think conspiracy means everyone is on the same program. Thats not how it works. Everybody has a different program. They just all want the same guy dead. Socrates was a gadfly, but I bet he took time out to screw somebodies wife" Gus Vitelli Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 49 years. meep questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org]
Post #229,187 by admin 10/11/05 7:14:28 PM Reply	No problem. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #229,189 by admin 10/11/05 7:20:19 PM Reply	Actually... (new thread) Created as new thread #229188 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=229188\|Actually...] Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."

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