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- From: bewhite@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (MacroMan)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Rumors Confirmed? OS/2 Article from Computer Reseller
- Date: 18 Aug 1992 10:47:45 -0500
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- I spotted an interesting article on the future of OS/2 in a
- recent (August 3) Computer Reseller News. It's too long and
- probably illegal to quote the whole article here, but here's
- the general gist:
-
- IBM plans to make OS/2 scalable for client/server support.
- The changes, according to John Soyring, director of IBM's
- software development programs, include using the MACH 3
- kernel for reduced memory usage and "seamless ties to
- it's AIX brand of UNIX". Whatever seamless ties are.
- POSIX compliance to allow OS/2 to run on mutiple platforms,
- mutiple processor support, and TCP/IP protocols are built-in.
- All this could be available as soon as next year.
- The MACH 3 kernel will also be used in IBM's AIX UNIX,
- "allowing the systems to be tightly integrated and letting
- users of both systems share a single database, which is
- currently under development."
-
- Ok, OS/2 - Windows NT flamers, have at it :)
-
- --
- Bruce White(bewhite@matt.ksu.ksu.edu)
- "I live like I type - Fast, and with a lot of mistakes"
-