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The Inquirer: IBM Officially Kills OS/2, Suggests Switch to Linux

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“Big Blue has hammered the final nails into OS/2’s coffin. It
said that all sales of OS/2 will end on the 23rd of December this
year, and support for the pre-emptive multitasking operating system
will end on the 31st December 2006.

“Not bad, it lived 20 years–but no one could ever say it had a
peaceful childhood. From the days of OS/2 Presentation Manager
through its switch to Warp, the OS was always be-devilled by
Microsoft, which seemed to have its own agenda…”

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