[koutakun]

Who is the target audience for this? I can't imagine that many modern applications support OS/2 the way that they support e.g. MorphOS, and $139 is a steep price for a borderline useless OS that doesn't have a community like the Amiga-derived OSes do.

[nothinggoesaway]

I couldn’t argue with you, but here’s their answer. The arguments appeal explicitly to people “who remember when”:

> Need more convincing? How about a commercial operating system which doesn’t spy on you, does not report your online activity to anyone, and gives you complete freedom to choose the applications you want to use, however you want to use them? How about an operating system which isn’t tied to any specific hardware manufacturer, allowing you to choose the platform which is right for you, and fits perfectly well in systems with less than 4GB of memory or even virtual machines?

[nunobrito]

The doesn't spy on me is indeed a strong argument, considering we can't even properly trust linux distributions nowadays.

[ch_123]

There are roughly three categories:

1) There's a bunch of commercial software which only runs on OS/2. A lot of it was vertically integrated software either developed for a specific customer by IBM, or developed in an "IBM shop". The ticket machines for the New York subway were powered by OS/2 until relatively recently. There are also supposedly a bunch of banks which have OS/2 dependencies.

2) There are still hardcore OS/2 fans who use OS/2 as their main OS. As you correctly assume, getting something like a modern web browser to run on OS/2 is a challenge, but some people grin and bear with it anyway.

3) Strange people like me who run things like OS/2 on spare computers or VMs for the novelty value.

[kwanbix]

I used to work for IBM and run some servers and my ThinkPad was running OS/2.

Really nice OS. Which it was a more reasonable $50 for personal use.

[kwanbix]

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