A group of die-hard OS/2 users are petitioning IBM—again—to release the operating system’s source code as open-source. The question may not be whether IBM wants to do so… but if it can. Not, I expect, ...

IBM’s ill-fated operating system OS/2 turns 25 this month, but it’s not as dead as you might think. IBM’s ill-fated operating system OS/2 turns 25 this month, but it’s not as dead as you might think.

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 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 ...

The official names of "OS / 2" are "IBM Operating System / 2" and "Microsoft Operating System / 2". OriginallyIBM PS / 2Although it was developed as an OS for use, it was also transplanted to many ...

It was one of the most ambitious computer-product announcements in history. On April 2, 1987, at twin press conferences in New York and Miami, IBM unveiled its plans to reinvent the PC industry, which ...

25 years ago, IBM was still the biggest force in the PC industry. On this date in 1987, the company announced a new partnership with Microsoft that at the time seemed to be the next major step in the ...

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 ...

On April 2 1987, IBM launched its plan to revolutionize the PC industry: a next-generation operating system called OS/2. Co-developed by IBM and Microsoft, it was designed to replace DOS and change ...

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 ...