In the annals of PC history, IBM’s OS/2 represents a road not taken. Developed in the waning days of IBM’s partnership with Microsoft—the same partnership that had given us a decade or so of MS-DOS ...

IBM continues to fine-tune its mainframe to keep it attractive to enterprise users interested in keeping the Big Iron in their cloud and AI-application development plans. The company released a new ...

IBM assured customers Thursday that the company will continue to sell and support OS/2, clarifying an online notice that drew speculation that the vintage operating system was being phased out. The ...

In a move that marks the end of an era, New Mexico State University (NMSU) recently announced the impending closure of its Hobbes OS/2 Archive on April 15, 2024. For over three decades, the archive ...

IBM updated its z/OS operating system, adding AI optimization and quantum-focused features to its z17 mainframe. Update z/OS 3.2 brings features originally previewed by IBM in April, including ...

New AI toolkits, machine learning (ML) frameworks and AI-based private cloud tools are on their way to IBM Z-series mainframe users, as the company looks to preserve its share of the fast-growing AI ...

TL;DR: IBM's involvement in OS/2 development ended long ago, but the ancient platform is still being sold by third-party venture Arca Noae LLC. The company regularly updates its ArcaOS offering to fix ...