s142029@fred.ucdavis.edu (05/16/91)
> > I have a few questions concerning OS/2 I need answered. How many > versions of OS/2 exist? I have heard about 1.1 and 1.2 Standard > and Extended versions and the new OS/2 2.0 a 32-bit version and OS/2 > 3.0 for RISC machines. Could some please give the explanation > for each version? What are the benefits and drawbacks of each version. > How many versions exist today and how many are planned? Is there > a planned version of DOS that will OS/2? > ^^^^ There are current only versions 1.x been released. That includes versions from 1.0 to 1.3. Version 2.0 is still in the Beta Stage. It will be released soon. IBM completely took over the development of OS/2 2.0 since January 15 (I think). Version 3.0 is currently under development at Microsoft. I am not sure who version 3.0 will belong to, but the word so far is that it belongs to Microsoft only. This is the version that Microsoft has made such big promise about. But I wouldn't count on it. As for the benefits and drawbacks of each version, here is the list. Ver. 1.0 - Nothing special, just a new technology. Ver. 1.1 - Presentation Manager has been added, but it is still a 16-bit operating system. Ver. 1.2 - Not much different from version 1.1, still 16-bit. Ver. 1.2 - Adobe Type Manager is added. A new asynchronous communication manager is added. It looks nicer than the versions before. But it is still 16-bit. Ver. 2.0 - Currently at the beta stage. This is a true 32-bit operating system. This is what everyone has been waiting for since OS/2 ever existed. This version will run everything including different versions of DOS, Windows applications, and all PM applications. Ver. 3.0 - Currently at the promise stage at Microsoft. What a shame. This version, according MS's promises, will be portable. Which means that it will be available on all platforms of hardware. It just sounds too good to be true. I just hope that they won't do the same like they did to version 2.0. In case you didn't know, MS has made lots of promise about OS/2 ver. 2.0, and then suddenly release Windows, and turn over and say they'll leave it to IBM. What a promise ! T. Huynh *** OS/2 - Great technologies, just bad politics. *** > > -- > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ > /* The questions are my own and the opinion is my own. */ > /* Steven Hartmann - Southwestern Bell ...!uunet!swbatl!hartmann */ >