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What would you enhance in OS/2 ?

What would you enhance in OS/2 ?
1.1%5 OS/2 has no future. So what do you want!?
10.3%47 Why enhance, it is good as it is.
100%452 OS/2 needs much more
34.9%158 Yes

Power & Compatibility
38.3%147 Extended addressarea (512MB Limit). With more compatibility, but less speed, because of thunking-layers for old 16-Bit modules
53.2%204 Extended addressarea (512MB Limit). With more speed, but less compatibility, d.h. no thunks, but old 16-Bit modules cannot be used any more
100%383 Win32-Support (run some Windows95, 98, NT programs directly)
41.7%160 ELF-Support (Linux-Software, although most of it is available in sourcecode.)
27.1%104 several swapfiles or swappartitions
53.7%206 X-Window-functionality for the PM
20.3%78 other screenmanagers (GUI) for the WPS-GUI (not the functionality)
69.7%267 links in the filesystem (a la Linux-Ext2FS)
8.8%34 no drive-letters
2%8 no extension

Security
19.1%30 I do not need security (Windows95-Mode)
71.3%112 POSIX-style Security would be nice (Unix alike)
12.1%19 Microsoft did a good job with NT in this, I want it like that
100%157 OS/2's SES Security Enabling Services are OK. When I don't need security, I can save some overhead. With other programs I could reach an C2-certified security-standard
86.6%136 Multiuser-Desktop would be enough (PMLOGIN)
24.2%38 no extension

Speed

0%0 Make it FAST, I don't care much about stability. (aka Windows95)
17.9%31 Speed is more important than stability, but not as it is shown by Windows95.
61.2%106 Slower is ok, when stability is better.

0%0 Speed isn't so important, the system has to be stable
100%173 OS/2 is ok, as it is

Resource requirements
7.7%24 Lower the recource requirements by deleting some features. (e.g. WPS)
100%310 OS/2's resource requirements is ok
49.6%154 OS/2 is slim enough. It could get bigger, for some more features.

(new) Technologies
100%393 DVD-Support
45.5%179 3D-Technologies like Direct3D, beside of OpenGL
67.9%267 3D-Support via OpenGL is enough, but hardware-support is important.
97.4%383 Extended USB-Support, also e.g. for Scanner
88.5%348 SANE/TWAIN similar scannersupport in the system
80.6%317 Symmetric multiprocessing
95.9%377 Journaling Filesystems, that can check faster (BeFS, NTFS, JFS)
48.8%192 POSIX-APIs, for better UNIX-compatibility
47.8%188 Multi-Monitor-Support
38.4%151 Generic support for streamer
79.8%314 Video-CD (new MPEG standards)
1%4 no extension

Softwarebundling
28.2%55 The OS/2 package could need some more software send with
100%195 OS/2 Warp 4 has all I need. I get the rest over the internet.
27.1%53 I don't need most of the software OS/2 Warp 4 has. IBM could save some of the CDs
37.9%74 Softwaresites in the internet are enough, and are much easier to keep actual
57.9%113 We need more actual and modern software sent with OS/2

Entry-user support
25.8%51 I'd like to have some more WarpGuides(TM)
51.7%102 I need some more easy to understand entry-user-documentations
100%197 OS/2 Warp 4 is fine as it is
38.5%76 OS/2 is not a system for entry users. Entry-user support isn't very important.
27.4%54 Supportsites in the internet are enoughand are much easier to keep actual

Java
1.6%4 What the hell is JAVA ?
9.5%23 JAVA is not important for OS/2
100%240 JAVA support is important and it is nice, that Warp 4 is optimized for JAVA
96.6%232 JAVA is the future! OS/2 JAVA has to get the best and fastest JAVA-system for PC in the world!

Multimedia
1.6%4 Multimedia is good for playing.
9.5%23 Multimedia is not important for OS/2
100%240 Multimedia is important for OS/2 and should be enhanced.
96.6%232 Multimedia is gorgeous! Without Multimedia, wether OS/2 nor JAVA nor Internet is interesting. OS/2 has to get an important multimedia platform!

Should the leading OS/2 technologies, like (D)SOM and (OO)REXX, be took back for Internet-technologies, like Java-Objects and JavaScript?
6.3%19 Of course! Internet has absolute priority!
4.3%13 Internet technologies should have higher priority than OS/2 technologies.
100%298 OS/2 technology is as important as internet technologies
57%170 OS/2 technologies should have higher priority than internet technologies.
1.3%4 No way! OS/2 technologies have absolute priority!

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