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OS/2 isn't dead: ArcaOS update brings the 1980s-era OS to modern UEFI PCs
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Too bad their business model is totally whack for personal use.
One time purchase of $139 for 6 months of “support and maintenance” and then $49 a year for driver updates and such.
It’s like they don’t want individuals using it. I’d imagine anyone who would be willing to pay that would be a commercial user with some old software that ArcaOS technically supports. Then it might be worth the price to be able to run said software with newer hardware.
They probably don't want personal users. I remember seeing, not long ago, an OS/2 error screen in an older, but not ancient, ATM. I imagine there are other industrial/commercial machines still running it, and the technical support must be rather straightforward.