{"id":14627,"date":"2022-02-18T08:51:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/18\/chromium-adjacent-otter-browser-targets-os-2-the-register\/"},"modified":"2022-02-18T08:51:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T08:51:16","slug":"chromium-adjacent-otter-browser-targets-os-2-the-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/18\/chromium-adjacent-otter-browser-targets-os-2-the-register\/","title":{"rendered":"Chromium-adjacent Otter browser targets OS\/2 \u2022 The Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The free open source web browser Otter \u2013 which uses the Chromium browser engine at the heart of Google’s Chrome and Microsoft’s Edge \u2013 is being ported to OS\/2.<\/p>\n

For the uninitiated, OS\/2 was an operating system that was created by IBM and Microsoft in the mid to late 1980s. The OS was compatible with some Windows drivers, but Windows 3.x did so well that the IBM\/Microsoft partnership dissolved in unhappy circumstances in 1992. IBM kept OS\/2 alive, and its fourth release was widely regarded as superior to Windows 95 and Windows NT. By the time Big Blue brought it to market, though, Microsoft’s dominance had been entrenched.<\/p>\n

OS\/2 gradually faded from use, making occasional public appearances on Automatic Teller Machines’ boot screens to remind the wider public of its existence. Perhaps curiously, it was never open-sourced \u2013 The Register<\/i> understands its presence in military hardware made that move inadvisable. After IBM ceased support for it in 2006, development continues under licence \u2013 currently by an outfit named Arca Noae that keeps it alive with occasional releases<\/a> for the small band of enthusiasts who still admire, or require, the software. Which might prove IBM’s assertion that it doesn’t discriminate against the aged<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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