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rmrk
3327 days ago
Are there orgs out there still running OS/2 ?
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monocasa
3327 days ago
The grocery store I worked at as a teenager had an OS/2 frontend to an AS/400 that was hooked into all of the cashier stations and inventory management. I doubt that they've replaced it.
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ch_123
3327 days ago
The eComStation site lists some orgs who are using it -
http://ecomstation.com/
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dmix
3326 days ago
> Belgacom, Belgium
Wasn't that the one NSA hacked?
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mhd
3326 days ago
Used to be quite popular with ATMs, so I wouldn't be surprised if a few of those still survived for banks where they connect to IBM mainframes.
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discreditable
3327 days ago
Our voicemail server is OS/2. :(
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ams6110
3326 days ago
IIRC it was pretty popular for running Lotus Notes. But who uses that anymore either?
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adrianN
3326 days ago
It's called IBM Notes now, and people do indeed still run it.
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Grazester
3327 days ago
I believe the New York MTA use OS2 for their MTA metro card activity
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notmtaemployee
3326 days ago
They run Windows NT 4 on the mvm and even have a custom badged start up screen
http://salim.virji.net/pix/transit/mta/crashed_metrocard_ven...
The OS/2 stuff is used on the back end of the metro card system.
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Grazester
3326 days ago
Ah so they use OS/2!
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Zardoz84
3327 days ago
banks
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