Reformat Утилита для форматирования USB флешек, USB винчестеров (для совместимости с OS/2)

ArcaOS, eComStation, OS/2 - commercial

The development of OS/2 was performed by commercial companies. money is the fuel. the goal - to earn money.

eComStation: Significant part of money was coming from the sponsors.

On the other side: major part of new OS/2 applications are based on open-source modules.

"Native" simple apps

How to stimulate the development of simple native programs? (small)

Answer: let's publish 20 -- 50 templates of applications. 20 modern examples -- will give 100 new apps in the next 12 monthes.

Unique OS/2 User Interface

OS/2 is diffrent from other systems thanks to unique User Interface.

PNG icons on Desktop

eCo Software: it's a significant achievement that we have created PNG icons engine for OS/2 Desktop. and designed the set of system icons. In other words, we have modernized the external view of OS/2.

Now we can discuss how to attract new users.

LANGE will give in the future..

In the future, you will switch language of OS immediately. (Because all apps based on LANGE have all national resources in bundle)

Advice

Чтобы выключить OS/2 компьютер: нажимайте Ctrl-Alt-Del несколько раз. когда видите, что компьютер перегрузился, нажимаем кнопку выключения.

Переключение на русский: L-Alt + L+Shift, на английский: R-Alt + R+Shift

You can't stop time flow..

When UEFI and other barriers appeared, we said: it's not important what is changing in the computers. You can always install OS/2 to Used Core 2 Duo PC.

Time goes and we see that OS/2 must support new models of computers because old generations are not available. don't fit the requirements.

Innovations in OS/2

IBM OS/2 Warp was ahead thanks to innovations: list of features

Reformat Утилита для форматирования USB флешек, USB винчестеров (для совместимости с OS/2)

ArcaOS 5.1.1 whatsnew - PNG icons

PNG icons on Desktop

PNG icons on Desktop. (instead of ancient .ico designed in 1994)

Web-browser is the source of life

Currently we don't have good web-browser in OS/2.

Wizard (Russia)

Wizard is designing for OS/2 since 2004.

Joachim Benjamins (Netherlands)

Joachim was working in Mensys BV since 90-th. and was managing eComStation development. Later, in ~ 2015 Mensys couldn't continue the development. Joachim doesn't participate in chats or projects currently.

More OS/2 people

Stream: ArcaOS 5 - ghost of OS/2

Youtube video, russian language

(not translated)

Main idea: during two hours people are discussing OS/2 without knowing what is it.

Warpstock Europe 2017

Warpstock Europe 2017 conference was in Rotterdam (Netherlands). Meeting of OS/2 users and developers. Report (russian text):

Warpstock 2025

(let's find info, do we have the conference in 2025?)

Joachim Benjamins

was working in Mensys BV

(not related to OS/2)