From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:50 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1566 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Thursday 18 October 2007 Number 1566 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 There was movement at the station, for THE word had passed around... : John Angelico" 2 OS/2 is dead!! : Leigh Bunting 3 Re: OS/2 is dead!! : John Angelico" 4 Small or large business OS/2 users : Ian Manners" 5 Re: Small or large business OS/2 users : Peter A Jenkins 6 Re: Small or large business OS/2 users : Peter A Jenkins **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:34:50 +1000 (AEST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: There was movement at the station, for THE word had passed around... that the latest eCS had got away, and joined the wily Windows, - It was worth a thousan' pounds, so all the Windows cracks had gathered round to bray. Well, it isn't easy keeping up with a poet of the quality of Banjo Paterson: "There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That the colt from old Regret had got away, And had joined the wild bush horses - he was worth a thousand pound, So all the cracks had gathered to the fray. All the tried and noted riders from the stations near and far Had mustered at the homestead overnight, For the bushmen love hard riding where the wild bush horses are, And the stockhorse snuffs the battle with delight." (http://www.middlemiss dot org/lit/authors/patersonab/poetry/snowy.html) eCS v2.0 Release Candidate 2 was let loose a few weeks ago, and we now have it installed on a few machines. It has been successfully installed in the SIG machine a couple of times, and has been smoothly installed on a couple of IBM Thinkpads of different model types. So this coming Tuesday MelbPC OS/2 SIG will have a First Looks session with commentary from Ian Manners. Everyone with an interest in OS/2-eCS who is in Melbourne next week is invited to come and have a look, using the new SIG Room high resolution data projection facilities for the first time. Anyone who brings a blank CD is also welcome to take a copy away for their own testing. As a further bonus, we hope to have with us a special guest - Peter Moylan, electrical engineer formerly of Newcastle Univ and author of the Weasel Mail Server for OS/2. Date: Tuesday, 23rd October 2007 Time: 7:00PM - 9:30PM Melbourne PC Users Group 2nd floor, Chadstone Place (near Coles) Chadstone Shopping Centre [ Melway 69 E4 ]. Entry next to Chemist; best car access is from Dandenong Road Hope to see lots there! Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:09:21 +0930 From: Leigh Bunting Subject: OS/2 is dead!! Our, apparently, dead OS gets a mention: http://www.pcmag dot com/article2/0,2704,2199026,00.asp -- Leigh Bunting Colonel Light Gardens South Australia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:02:58 +1000 (AEST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: OS/2 is dead!! On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 20:09:21 +0930, Leigh Bunting wrote: >Our, apparently, dead OS gets a mention: > >http://www.pcmag dot com/article2/0,2704,2199026,00.asp He thinks it's dead: "IBM's once-beloved and powerful OS, always trailed in popularity and adoption, and eventually it died." However, it's a bit like Superman - seemingly indestructible. And 2.0RC2 is out and MelbPC OS/2 SIG is getting a First Look this coming Tuesday. How's that for a DeadOS?? :-) Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:17:07 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Small or large business OS/2 users Hi Everyone, Anyone know any companies that used to, might, or still do, use OS/2 of any version ? Coles use to but I've noticed there checkouts appear to be using something else now. Also CBA have long gone over to the darkside but I dont know if they ever replaced there branch servers which also use to be OS/2, though I assume so. Ditto Atlas Copco, Westrac. Cheers Ian Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ "Remember folks. Street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph." -- Jim Samuels ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:18:47 +0930 From: Peter A Jenkins Subject: Re: Small or large business OS/2 users Ian Manners wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Anyone know any companies that used to, might, or still do, > use OS/2 of any version ? > > Coles use to but I've noticed there checkouts appear to be > using something else now. Also CBA have long gone over > to the darkside but I dont know if they ever replaced there > branch servers which also use to be OS/2, though I assume > so. > > Ditto Atlas Copco, Westrac. > > Cheers > Ian Manners > http://www.os2site dot com/ > > > "Remember folks. Street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph." -- Jim Samuels > > > Did a re-vamp of the local Ampol servo 2 years ago & there POS & system back to head office was running os/2 Peter at PP -- May your moccasins leave tracks, on many mounds of worth, and walk with chiefs of every tribe who live in peace on earth. Peter A Jenkins (AKA grandad or pj) Port Pirie South Australia PROUD USER OF A VIRUS & MALWARE FREE OPERATING SYSTEM Serenity Systems "Ecomstation" ver 1.2, the successor to IBM's os/2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 22:20:22 +0930 From: Peter A Jenkins Subject: Re: Small or large business OS/2 users Ian Manners wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Anyone know any companies that used to, might, or still do, > use OS/2 of any version ? > > Coles use to but I've noticed there checkouts appear to be > using something else now. Also CBA have long gone over > to the darkside but I dont know if they ever replaced there > branch servers which also use to be OS/2, though I assume > so. > > Ditto Atlas Copco, Westrac. > > Cheers > Ian Manners > http://www.os2site dot com/ > > > "Remember folks. Street lights timed for 35 mph are also timed for 70 mph." -- Jim Samuels > > > Also the lock K-Mart in Port Pirie POS is running os/2 Peter at PP -- May your moccasins leave tracks, on many mounds of worth, and walk with chiefs of every tribe who live in peace on earth. Peter A Jenkins (AKA grandad or pj) Port Pirie South Australia PROUD USER OF A VIRUS & MALWARE FREE OPERATING SYSTEM Serenity Systems "Ecomstation" ver 1.2, the successor to IBM's os/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------