Newsgroup: it.comp.os.os2
Titolo: Rumour: 64-bit OS/2

E' dai primi di dicembre che gira sto rumore........
http://www.os2ss.com/news/
[2000-01-05] - Rumour: 64-bit OS/2 
A company insider who asked not to be identified has revealed to The 
13th Floor that IBM has
been quietly preparing a new operating system for Intel's upcoming 
64-bit "Merced" platform. The source leaked information detailing IBM's 
marketing drive to kill off the OS/2 brand name so as not to carry any 
unnecessary baggage into this new, vastly improved version of the former
32-bit operating system. 
According to this company insider, the project code-named "Phoenix" is 
slated to be the first      commercial operating system available for 
the 64-bit Merced platform when it debuts in the latter part of Y2K. The
secrecy about the project and the public stance of easing OS/2 into 
oblivion was carefully crafted to coincide with the findings in the 
Microsoft anti-trust trial with the US Department of Justice and 19 
states by helping to ensure that industry focus was kept away from 
"Phoenix" until it is ready to be unleashed. 
Some features of this new 64-bit operating system include full support 
for existing 32-bit OS/2 software in a "virtual machine" similar to the 
way previous OS/2 releases handled DOS and Windows 3.1 software, the 
familiar WorkPlace Shell graphical user interface, and complete support 
for 32-bit Windows applications thanks to IBM's long, intimate 
involvement with Windows 95/98 and NT API's (application programming 
interfaces) and a special application loader which accommodates the 
differences in binary formats between OS/2 and Win32. The new OS will 
also support new 64-bit OS/2 applications being quietly developed by 
industry leaders in productivity and internet software with development 
assistance from IBM who wishes this new OS to come onto the scene ready 
to roll with a variety of popular software titles, which is where former
OS/2 releases often fell short. 
Phoenix will continue to support the HPFS file system for backward 
compatibility but includes an enhanced version of the Journalled File 
System (JFS) introduced in 1999 with OS/2 Warp Server for eBusiness 
which now supports booting the system from JFS volumes and a number of 
performance enhancements for the server market where both Merced and 
Phoenix will debut. But realizing that a server is no good without a 
client, IBM will develop in parallel a client release of Phoenix with 
the server-specific bells and whistles removed and the official release 
of Netscape Communicator 5.0 provided as a WorkPlace Shell enhancement 
for true cutting edge web integration with the desktop. 
Pricing for the new client and server have not been disclosed nor have 
specific names of third party applications being developed for them. The
anonymous source at IBM requests that all
loyal OS/2 users unite and send IBM a very direct and meaningful message
that we want this to be the real future of OS/2 and not just something I
wrote up in the middle of the night for laughs. 
Source: Robert Fielder 
mailto:
rfie...@interlog.com

 [2000-01-05] - Rumour: 64-bit OS/2 
Se e in poche parole in italiano cosa vuol significare?
Togliere tir da 
ubon...@tin.it
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ubo...@tin.it

In data Fri, 7 Jan 2000 18:09:09, 
ubon...@tin.it
 (Ugo Bondi) scrisse: 
WEEKDAY
|> [2000-01-05] - Rumour: 64-bit OS/2 
|Se e in poche parole in italiano cosa vuol significare?
Il tipo scriveva che OS/2 sarebbe in procinto si essere portato a 64 
bit. Ma proprio ieri leggevo sulle News che tutto quel documento e' una 
grande cazzata.
Ciao!

 grande cazzata.
Le fonti ufficiali IBM circa 2 mesi fa dicevano che stavano tenendo 
una posizione di "wait and see" (le solite stupide e suicide politiche
ibm...) per portare OS/2 sui processori a 64bit..
Sta di fatto che in IBM sono molto impegnati sul codice del Monterrey 
(lo unix unificato ibm-sco-sequent ecc..) che verra' adottato a detta 
loro da quasi tutte le piu' grandi case di computer del mondo (ibm, 
sequent, siemens, fuji ecc.. ecc..)
Puo' essere che utilizzino le stesse risorse per agevolare un porting 
di IBM OS/2.
Altra cosa...
Avete visto i sorgenti della pmwp.dll su hobbes (musthave.zip)!?...
Ciao.
Massimo 
  IBM OS/2 Warp 4
  Certified Engineer
  Sys Admin/Web Master
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In article <idHHM8QJdnVy-pn2-i4cf6DXqhIcN@localhost>,
maxwa...@yyyquasarbbs.com
 (maxwarp) wrote:
 >Avete visto i sorgenti della pmwp.dll su hobbes (musthave.zip)!?...
gli ho dato un'occhiata veloce... credo che da soli servano a poco o
niente... mancano pure gli header....
-- 
bye
Alessandro Cantatore
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tin.it
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tin.it
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> niente... mancano pure gli header....
Non e' che se ne puo' avere 'na copia?? giusto per conoscenza 
personale...  :-)
Obelix

> ibm...) per portare OS/2 sui processori a 64bit..
Se questo significa che riaprono Os2 su PPC, non e' mica una brutta 
idea...  :-)) 
Obelix

La versione OS2 PPC esistente però è tutta a 32 bit
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Su 
http://www.research.ibm.com/K42/
 parlano di un sistema operativo in
sviluppo per PPC e personal computer...