18 Jul
2005
18 Jul
'05
5:05 p.m.
On 7/15/05, Cini, Richard <Richard.Cini at wachovia.com> wrote:
OK, the inevitable Slashdot-type question...when will
IBM open license OS/2
(if at all)? There have been calls for this for years before IBM finally
nailed the coffin shut.
They probably can't. It's likely there is still Microsoft code
lurking in the dark recesses of OS/2. At the very least, the 32-bit
versions of OS/2 were written by developers with access to the 16-bit
code which was, at least in part, owned by Microsoft.
Eric