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Subject: WPS4WIN under public license

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Name: Tim Locke
Date: December 14, 2007 at 09:00:46 Pacific
Subject: WPS4WIN under public license
OS: WinFW 3.11
CPU/Ram: P3/128
Model/Manufacturer: Compaq Deskpro EN

Comment:

Recently Workplace Shell for Windows was
released under a public license. I
contacted Mario De Armas, who wrote it
originally, to see if it could be open
sourced.
I am very pleased that it has been
released. My hope is that it will be
enhanced (eg. LFN support) and included in
projects such as "Open Windows 3.x".
The WPSFWIN source code tree can be found
at the following link:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerwor...
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Response Number 1

Name: TheNerd
Date: May 5, 2008 at 10:18:31 Pacific
Subject: WPS4WIN under public license

Reply: (edit)

I know this is a really old thread but I love to read about open sourced products. Judging by the title of the page it appears WPS4WIN is a port of the WPS used on OS/2 (now eComStation)?
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Response Number 2

Name: Tim Locke
Date: May 5, 2008 at 10:34:04 Pacific
Subject: WPS4WIN under public license

Reply: (edit)

"Port" would be too strong a word. It is a
GUI shell that replaces Windows' Program
Manager. To the user, it appears to operate
quite like OS/2's Workplace Shell,
especially considering it fits on a floppy.
It would not be possible to recompile OS/2
software to run on it.
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Response Number 3

Name: TheNerd
Date: May 5, 2008 at 11:17:18 Pacific
Subject: WPS4WIN under public license

Reply: (edit)

hrmm interesting. I love the os/2 WPS. Has anyone created something like this for XP?
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Response Number 4

Name: Tim Locke
Date: May 5, 2008 at 12:45:49 Pacific
Subject: WPS4WIN under public license

Reply: (edit)

I love Workplace Shell as well,
particularly versions 2 & 3.
I am not aware of anything like this for
Windows XP. I'm not sure whether it would
be easier to port WPS4WIN or start from
scratch.
I am also not aware of anything like this
for X11.
To start I would like to see someone take
WPS4WIN and add LFN support to it.
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