Subj : looking at getting Nomad
To   : Sean Dennis
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Mar 21 2021 21:07:00

Hello Sean!

** On Thursday 04.03.21 - 14:22, you wrote to me:

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

What constitutes "mission critical" in gov't?  The IRS? :/

According to just some recent findings by Krebs, the US gov't  
has had no end of problems with several of their "benefits"  
application rollouts. But maybe that was Windoze-based.  :D

I read that many bank machines in Canada employed embedded OS/2  
systems.  Not sure what the gambit is now.

 SD> There is plenty of money to be made.

The maintenance and adjustments to programs are sure to be  
required.

 AA>> Also...come 2038, all the 16 bit and even 32 bit programs
 AA>> they boast supporting so easily (which seems to be its key
 AA>> versatility) with OS/2 will be moot.

 SD> There's a workaround for that from what I'm told but I am
 SD> not familiar of what it is.

The workaround is probably to only use apps that do not rely on  
dates whatsover.   ???


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