Workplace OS was an IBM project which unsuccessfully attempted to replace multiple operating systems with compatibility "personalities" running on top...
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Workplace OS project, OS/2 Warp 4 became the final major release in 1996; IBM discontinued its support for OS/2 on December 31, 2006. Since then, OS/2...
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The Workplace Shell (WPS) is an object-oriented desktop shell (also called desktop environment) produced by IBM's Boca Raton development lab for OS/2 2...
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Microsystems offered a version of its Solaris OS. IBM ported its AIX Unix. Workplace OS featured a new port of OS/2 (with Intel emulation for application compatibility)...
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List of operating systems (redirect from List of OS)
1, 6.3, 7, 2000, 7.10 OS/2 OS/2 1.x (developed jointly with Microsoft) OS/2 2.x OS/2 Warp 3 (ported to PPC via Workplace OS) OS/2 Warp 4 eComStation (Warp...
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Microkernel and adopting Taligent's CommonPoint application framework into Workplace OS, OS/2, and AIX. It's natural that many people saw Apple's alliance with...
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(Digital UNIX/Tru64 UNIX) Workplace OS UNICOS MAX The XNU kernel for Darwin, the basis of macOS, iOS, iPadOS, watchOS, and tvOS Microkernel L4 microkernel...
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used in Workplace OS. The main project during his IBM time was the Saw Mill project, which attempted to turn Linux into an L4-based multi-server OS. In April...
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Copland (operating system) (redirect from Copland OS)
set to 256 colors (8-bit) or Thousands (16-bit). Classic Mac OS MkLinux Workplace OS BeOS Primary sources Erich Ringewald and Mike Potel date the start...
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Darwin (operating system) PureDarwin Copland (operating system) Taligent Workplace OS Barbou des Places, François; Stephen, Nick; Reynolds, Franklin D. (January...
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enhancements to the Workplace Shell 4OS2 OpenJDK 6 Qt 4 and 5 Samba 4 Heimdal Kerberos VirtualBox REXX and ooRexx interpreters ArcaOS includes a number...
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IBM (section Workplace culture)
During the decade, IBM was working on a new operating system, named the Workplace OS project. Despite a large amount of money spent on the project, it was...
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Workplace is an online collaborative software tool developed by Meta Platforms. Its features include instant messaging, file sharing, and video and audio...
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Other frequently-cited examples in computing include Taligent, OpenDoc, Workplace OS, and the Star Trek project. Groupthink Not Invented Here Kimball Fisher...
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The Aspones (redirect from Os Aspones)
The Aspones (Portuguese: Os Aspones) is a Brazilian television sitcom that aired on Rede Globo from November 5 to December 17, 2004. It was created by...
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commercial projects to port existing operating systems to Mach, notably IBM's Workplace OS, were eventually abandoned. Although Sun was also interested in supporting...
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release, pending the delivery of the PowerPC version of IBM's OS/2 (later released as Workplace OS in 1995), as well as Microsoft's Windows NT 3.5 for PowerPC...
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Acorn Archimedes (category RISC OS)
virtual memory and long filenames. At this time, IBM was pursuing its Workplace OS strategy which emphasised a common operating system foundation supporting...
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Meta Horizon OS, previously known informally as Meta Quest Platform or Meta Quest OS, is an Android-based extended reality operating system for the Meta...
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Presentation Manager (redirect from OS/2 PM)
subsequent versions of OS/2, and derivatives such as ArcaOS, it was used as a base for the object-oriented interface Workplace Shell. There is a significant...
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EComStation (category OS/2)
eComStation or eCS is an operating system based on OS/2 Warp for the 32-bit x86 architecture. It was originally developed by Serenity Systems and Mensys...
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Control-Alt-Delete (section OS/2)
manager process. The normal session manager process in OS/2 versions 2.0 and later is the parent Workplace Shell process, which displays the "system is rebooting"...
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Extended file attributes (redirect from OS/2 EA)
filesystem, and hence OS/2 extended attributes cannot be stored on this filesystem. Parts of OS/2 version 2.0 and later such as the Workplace Shell uses several...
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History of the Amiga (redirect from History of the AmigaOS 4 dispute)
OS it was based from. MorphOS is a closed-source re-implementation of AmigaOS. It runs on PowerPC-based systems but can run system-friendly AmigaOS software...
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IBM Common User Access (category OS/2 technology)
Systems Application Architecture. Used originally in the MVS/ESA, VM/CMS, OS/400, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows operating systems, parts of the CUA standard are...
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In the graphical Workplace Shell (WPS) of the OS/2 operating system, a shadow is an object that represents another object. A shadow is a stand-in for...
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Drag and drop (section In Mac OS)
ergonomic concerns of keeping the button pressed while dragging. The Workplace Shell of OS/2 uses dragging and dropping extensively with the secondary mouse...
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"[CentOS-announce] CentOS Project joins forces with Red Hat". Archived from the original on 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2020-08-09. "What is CentOS?". RedHat...
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Zoom (software) (redirect from Zoom Workplace)
Zoom Workplace (commonly known and stylized as zoom) is a proprietary videotelephony software program developed by Zoom Communications. The free plan...
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