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[11/20/97] - Win32-OS/2 Project Update 
     Some of the news coming out of last nights IRC chat with the
Win32-OS/2 Project team is: 
         The final application will be available to all users FREE of
charge. Though no source code will be made available. This is entirely a
volunteer effort. 
         The application will convert an existing win32 .exe to a native
OS/2 .exe, so there is no question of license infringement or reverse
engineering. As long as you have a valid license for the win32 app, you
are just making a copy that will run under OS/2. 
         This project relies heavily on IBM's OPEN32 code, but they will
not be modifying any OS/2 system code. It is done with existing code and
new code they are writing. Timur said that the existing code fits on a
floppy. 
         Since you are running native version, not emulation, they don't
expect much in the way of performance problems. According to Peter
Fitzsimmons "open32 is damn good! Some open32 apps run faster on OS/2 than
win95/nt." 
         They don't expect Windows98 to cause much if any problems if and
when it comes out. According to Timur "until there are Win98-only apps out
there, it should not be a problem." 
         They are gradually working up to larger apps, but have
successfully converted smaller win32 utilities like Notepad, Freecell,
etc. They plan to concentrate on non-game applications, but if there is
time they will work on DirectX to help with converting games. 
         There is no current timetable, but they expect an open beta when
it is ready 
     The offical log of the chat will be posted on the VOICE web site
(http://www.os2voice.org/transcripts.html). However in the mean time, you
can read this transcript
(http://catbert.istar.ca/os2/misc/win32-os2.txt).
     Source: Mark Dodel (madodel_at_ptdprolog.net)

Win32 - OS/2