| Subject | : | aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 17 Feb, 2006 on 21:39 |
| http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/ http://www.cef-it.de/pages/en/software/aerolitheos_announcement.htm I came across this while doing a Google using 'ecomstation news'. Does anyone know more about this 'succesor to OS/2'? "Introduced in 2007, aerolitheOS will be our successor PC operating system for OS/2 Warp and thus a new alternative for users who have intentions to change their current platform. OS/2 users must decide whether they turn to Windows or Linux or keep an OS/2 alike OS on their systems. We have done software development for our PC systems on OS/2 and for OS/2 for several years now and will not drop our source code tree. You can also keep your skills an save your investments in OS/2 software. That is why aerolitheOS is being developed. This site is a preliminary web page that provides access to information about aerolitheOS we can share with you at the moment. Your comments and suggestions are welcome and you can also register with our test programme to get alpha and/ or beta versions of aerolitheOS. The first alpha version will be available in fall 2006. Our operating system is a full 32-bit protected mode OS that is binary and API compatible with OS/2 Warp. The OS will be used on our Aérolithe PC systems, even if its use is not restricted to these machines. It is extreme compact and reliable and ideally suited for embedded applications. Additionally, it is designed to be highly adaptable so that it fits the requirements of desktop and network computing. aerolitheOS combines the principles of the object oriented user interface and programming rules of OS/2 with a new and compact operating system design dedicated to the x86 CPU family. The binary compatability with OS/2 ensures the usage of standard OS/2 applications in the long term. aerolitheOS provides the interfaces of all subsystems known on OS/2 based on its own object orientied implementation. " BigWarpGuy - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - OS/2-eCS.org Director of Communications - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - supporting the past OS/2 user and the future eCS user http://www.os2ecs.org |
| Subject | : | Re:aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | Martin |
| Date | : | 17 Feb, 2006 on 23:19 |
| I also get the news from an OS/2 user, but I hold on posting it since I want to gather more information about this and the company. I haven't get any information yet. If anybody else got any information beside the web site, let us know. martin |
| Subject | : | Re:aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | Kim |
| Date | : | 17 Feb, 2006 on 23:38 |
| Well, they have an alpha and beta program one can sign up on; would be interesting to see a bit more about it. Would be interesting if any of our German friends could help us out here. |
| Subject | : | Re:aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | flywheel flywheel@worldonline.dk |
| Date | : | 18 Feb, 2006 on 00:15 |
| Hmmm this sounds interesting - it could be very interesting to see some interaction between the aerolitheOS and Voyager people if possible. Haven't heard of these projects nor of the company, google dosen't really seems to know much about it either - weird - almost as if it has materialized overnight |
| Subject | : | Re:aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | Tomas |
| Date | : | 18 Feb, 2006 on 21:56 |
| Some or should I say a lot people have made their experiences with this company/man behind this project. They/he started a project called Xelia. Another was a paperback magazine (OS/2 only) which you had to order for at least a year. None of these projects did last very long. Google with these words and make your own thoughts and decisions. Thomas |
| Subject | : | Re:aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | Pete losepete@ntlworld.com |
| Date | : | 18 Feb, 2006 on 22:01 |
| Hi All Looks like the same people who are producing PAF and checking here I have a PAF registration, partly a result of Clemens spending a bit of time to get PAF Pre1 working on my system including advising on which Rexx package to use and partly the result of an upgrade deal on offer at that time which takes me through to the final PAF product - and on to AreolitheOS. As PAF seems to be still being developed more or less on schedule I would guess that Clemens and team do intend to produce their own "OS/2 Compatible" Aerolithe operating system although I have some doubts about timescale - unless they are already a good way through the development cycle. Definitely worth keeping an eye on; up to you if you want to take a chance on Registering a Preview software in the hope that it reaches it's intended capabilities/functionality. Me? - I like the odd gamble Not sure how eCS will feel about this challenge to their monopoly in the "OS/2 marketplace" having only just "seen off" IBM - maybe it will force them into developing a 64bit version Regards Pete |
| Subject | : | Re:aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 19 Feb, 2006 on 00:00 |
| If IBM stops developement of OS/2, perhaps Serenity Systems could create a version of eCS (or another name) using this os?
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| Subject | : | Re:aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | Christian Hennecke |
| Date | : | 20 Feb, 2006 on 23:48 |
| This is most likely another rip-off. In Germany, Mr. Fischer is "well"-known for promising a lot and delivering little to nothing. To my knowledge, none of his projects after the printed magazine OS/2 Only, which lasted only 3 issues, ever saw the light of day. I remember Xelia, which should have been some kind of WPS replacement with integrated browser and such, another try for some kind of magazine concept (pay per article), and PAF, which has a feature-description that sounds a lot like Xelia's. Frankly, I'd be very surprised to see that new project become reality. |
| Subject | : | Re:aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 21 Feb, 2006 on 17:47 |
| I have read similar comments from other OS/2-eCS groups. I think I will stick to eComStation (and OSFree?).
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| Subject | : | Re:aerolitheOS is a planned successor to OS/2 (?) |
| Author | : | Fahrvenugen |
| Date | : | 22 Feb, 2006 on 03:08 |
| For me the bottom line is, eCS continues to be available, and is continuing to be developped, despite IBM's decision to withdrawl OS/2 from marketing. Furthermore it runs on my current hardware just as well as always, is stable, and just plain works. Keep in mind that OS/2 didn't reach this point overnight. Its development has consisted of many years and millions of hours of programming done on the part of a lot of developers at IBM (and elsewhere). Similar with Linux - which has been in constant development for over 10 years, and has a lot of developers worldwide who have contributed (probably) millions of hours of coding time. Sure, it has reached a point where it is very stable, runs on most modern hardware, and just plain does what it is supposed to do. But it wasn't always that way with Linux. I can recall back in about '96 trying out Linux and not being able to get it to even install correctly and when I did finally get it installed it crashed about as much as Windows 3.1 (admittedly I probably had some piece of hardware it didn't like, but that's a different subject) As for whether aerolitheOS ever reaches a point that it is able to run OS/2 applications just as well and efficiently as OS/2, I really don't know. But from what I can tell from reading their website this company (cef-it) doesn't appear to be a huge operation. Whether or not they'd be able to design and test an OS, make it OS/2 compatible, and have it all ready to launch in 2007, is anybody's guess. But I am a little skeptical (of course, I'd love to be proven incorrect). Just my thoughts. |