Re: [PCTECH]OS/2 (was HANG time...)

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dan Bale wrote:

> Anyway, if that were the case, it would seem to make sense to drop OS/2.
> New apps developed for OS/2 vs. Linux = no brainer.

As long as the apps support decent, fundamental features, as OpenOffice 
has been closing in on, I less concerned by large numbers of apps.

Now, if a couple OS/2 features could be implemented in Linux, I'd be 
perfectly happy with it.

My #1 feature missed from OS/2 is the way 'program objects' on the 
desktop were implemented. Similar to creating a command object to prompt 
for program parms in OS/400. iSeries Access has programs such as 
lstsplf.exe that you can create shortcuts for on the Windows desktop and 
you can modify the shortcut properties to make it point to a specific 
system. But if you have two or more AS/400s, you have to create two or 
more shortcuts. An OS/2 program object could be configured to prompt you 
for "System?" and multiple prompts for multiple parms.

Another feature that Windows apparently finally caught up with... 
shortcuts that don't get invalidated because the target object was moved 
to a different directory. OS/2 handled that correctly, linking the 
shortcut (shadow?) to the object identifier rather than a path. Not sure 
how Windows does it now.

The good old days... sigh.

Tom Liotta