Subj : Re: looking at getting Nomad
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Fri Mar 05 2021 07:34:00

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to August Abolins <=-

 SD> What you may not realize that the US government still uses OS/2 in
 SD> mission-critical areas.  I know that the Department of Defense, the US
 SD> Treasury, and the Department of Energy all still use OS/2.  There are a
 SD> lot of private businesses using OS/2 still including banks.

 SD> There is plenty of money to be made.

I wonder how many Octel voicemail servers are left running? Back in 2000- 
2010, a ton of small business PBXes used Octel's products, many of which ran 
on OS/2. Problem was that telecom people weren't server people back then, so 
they'd stick a mission-critical piece of the PBX on a beige desktop PC with 
a single ATA drive and single power supply. Maybe, they'd stick a tape drive 
on there if they were thinking clearly.

I suppose they're long gone, but a couple of proper servers are still 
running.





.... Would anyone want it?
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