Demand That IBM Open-Source OS 2

Malmo, Sweden, December 10, 2007 -- OS2 World Foundation arepetitioning IBM to release the operating system's source code as open-source sincethe product still plays a vital role within many financial firms where the supportand development needs still exists. Also, an earlier petition made by OS2 WorldFoundation during 2005 collected almost 12.000 signatures.

OS2 World Foundation would like to insist on implementing the stipulations containedin the petition because we believe that OS/2 is an important part of the history ofthe Operating System, and furthermore, it still contains values that the computerscience field considers unique. Open-sourcing OS/2 will be the best option forcustomers who want to retain their investment in this platform and it will ensurethe platform s continued development into the future, especially in light of thefact that it s "End of Support" passed by in December 2006.

After talks with the OS/2 development community, we have found that the followingthree important components will be basic to the continued development of OS/2:

- SOM (System Object Model) Core. This will also be a good contribution to the opensource community in general and to the computer science educational area.- Workplace Shell (WPS). According to press documentation, the OS/2 graphical userinterface (GUI) was developed 100% by IBM. There are no third party restrictions toopen sourcing it.- OS/2 Kernel.

"The primary reason for the petition is to get vital parts of OS2 open sourced togain from the technology in current technology. If the gain then can be made in eCS,Linux or the future Voyager project that Netlabs.org runs; well that doesn't reallymatter; but it's a shame if IBM lets the code go down the drain." said KimHaverblad, Founder of the OS2 World Foundation. "Clearly we have showed IBM thatthere is still a huge interest for OS/2 as product and they should be happy for thatinstead they do their best to ignore almost 12.000 individuals representing bothsmall and large corporations world-wide."

For more information about the ongoing petition, please then visit following link:http://www.os2world.com/ petition

About OS2 World Foundation:

Launched in May 2000 by Kim Haverblad, OS2 World.Com is now the best source for newsabout OS/2 & eCS. As an international collaborative community, the Internet sitealso gives the OS/2 & eCS community a common platform upon which they can interactwith each other. Having grown from modest origins into a powerful resource for OS/2& eCS, it is now one of the major OS/2 & eCS sites available.

Contact:Kim Haverblad, Founder & Director of public relationsOS2 World Foundation+46 707283786http://www.os2world. com

For more information:

OS2 World Foundation - http://www.os2world.comeCS/eC omStation - http://www.ecomstation.comNet labs/Voyager - http://www.netlabs.org

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