OS/2 Warp

Newest Review: ... IBM software of the time, really. They went the same way with the browser as they did with evrything else - their own way. ... more

... The world moved on, OS2 didn't. While it didn't actually use any form of DOS to load it (like Win9x does), it did have the usual config files. except where MS Dos had neat little short ones, os2 had a huge ungainly thing, mostly written in a syntax that made ancient hebrew seem easy to read. It was multitasking - just not too many, please. I found the early versions of Lotus notes would cripple the box when attempting to use anything else, win9x on the same seemed fine. Guess they couldn't find the cod...more

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OS/2 Warp: Thank god its gone! (488 words)
by - written on 24/05/01 (Useful, 295 readings)
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Many people criticise MS windows for all its frequent crashes. They have obvioulsy never used OS2. If they had, they would enjoy using Windows for the pleasure it actually is. I've never used a more flaky, irksome and annoying os in my life! I ceased counting the number of times it crashed in a day, instead I counted the longest number of minutes before it did a snarly to me! OS2 was one of the first 32-bit o/s's. It had really quite minimal support in terms of software and the browser, while easy to get a cool animated gif, was actually appalingly bad to use having no nice clean, easy, sensilble interface. Typical of IBM software of the time, ... Read the complete review