Date:  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 16:04:15 -0500
From:  madodel <madodel at ptdprolog.net>
Subject:  [VOICENWS] Net: Reviving OS/2's best in the Linux desktop

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From: Mark Dodel <feedbackDESPAM at DESPAMos2voice.org>

http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS7822082064.html

By  Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

"Feb. 08, 2008

Analysis -- Get over it. We're never going to see OS/2 open-sourced. If you 
want to run OS/2 today, the closest you're going to get is Serenity 
System's eComStation 2.0 RC4. But, it just might be possible for Linux 
desktop users to get one of OS/2's best features: SOM (System Object Model)."

This was picked up as a thread on slashdot as well:

http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/02/09/2041204

  "Should IBM's SOM/DSOM Be Open Sourced?" with many comments.

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