What would you enhance in OS/2 ? |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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(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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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! |
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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! |
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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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Your own suggestions |
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