OS/2, Amazon, women in IT, and more ...

OS/2 should be Open

OS/2 should be Open Source.
We can not allow that such a excelent product that was ahead of its time became abandonware. There is a lot of interest on the source code of it. Just ask the 11.000 people that had signed the petition http://www.os2world.com/petition

As a woman in IT .... The

As a woman in IT ....


The shortage of women in IT is also seen in the fields of math and science.

The field of IT demands a certain set of skills to be successful, primary among them, the ability to think in a linear and analytical fashion, as pointed out in the www.internetnews.com article. This tends to produce certain types of behaviors in people who are linear and analytical, which in turn, create certain types of working environments.

As a woman in the IT field, my opinion is that the nature of the IT field itself is such that it often inherently creates a working environment that many women are uncomfortable in. I'm not sure how you change that environment OR that it should be changed. Without the "IT environment" as it is, much of what has been accomplished in the field of technology today would have been delayed, if ever accomplished at all (the development of the internet being a prime example).

I think that if an individual, man or woman, chooses an environment that suits his or her needs, they will be far more successful and fulfilled than they would be trying to operate in an environment that is naturally unsuitable for them. Trying to change the environment that naturally occurs as a result of certain behaviors, would mean changing the nature of the work itself, and the people that perform that work. I don't think changing the IT environment in this country is neccessary, in fact, to do so may be detrimental. Actually, it may even be impossible.

really we need another

really we need another opensource OS? linux blows os2 away, grow up

It could also help the

It could also help the ReactOS (http://www.reactos.com/) to grow... :)

Why make OS/2 open source?

Why make OS/2 open source? A lot of people thought is was more stable when introduced, running on 486 hardware. Now, with real computers underneath, it could still give other operating systems a run for their money. Let the public decide! If it still has a following, then IBM should give it out. What does IBM have to loose? They should post the source that is legally IBM's and see what happens. Somone would probably add device drivers and even a viable windows, mac or linux binary environment and it might just take off.