Editing OS/2 (section)

===2001–2006: Discontinuation and end-of-life{{anchor|Fading out}}===

Although a small and dedicated community remains faithful to OS/2,<ref name="OS2World">{{cite web|url=http://www.os2world.com/forum/ |title=OS2 World Community Forum – Index |website=Os2world.com |access-date=2013-03-20}}</ref> OS/2 failed to catch on in the mass market and is little used outside certain niches where IBM traditionally had a stronghold. For example, many bank installations, especially [[automated teller machine]]s, run OS/2 with a customized user interface; French [[SNCF]] national railways used OS/2 1.x in thousands of ticket selling machines.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} Telecom companies such as [[Nortel]] used OS/2 in some voicemail systems. Also, OS/2 was used for the host PC used to control the [[Public Radio Satellite System|Satellite Operations Support System]] equipment installed at [[NPR]] member stations from 1994 to 2007, and used to receive the network's programming via satellite.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}

Although IBM began indicating shortly after the release of Warp 4 that OS/2 would eventually be withdrawn, the company did not end support until December 31, 2006,<ref name="EOL">{{cite web|title=End of Standard Support|author=IBM|url=http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/warp/index.html|access-date=2006-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060909074608/http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/warp/index.html|archive-date=2006-09-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> with sales of OS/2 stopping on December 23, 2005. The latest IBM OS/2 Warp version is 4.52, which was released for both desktop and server systems in December 2001.

IBM is still delivering defect support for a fee.<ref name="EOL" /><ref name="EOL2">{{cite web | title=OS/2 Warp: Warranties and Licenses | publisher=IBM | url=http://www-01.ibm.com/software/os/warp-withdrawal/services.html | access-date=April 9, 2013 }}</ref> IBM urges customers to migrate their often highly complex applications to [[Electronic business|e-business]] technologies such as Java in a platform-neutral manner. Once application migration is completed, IBM recommends migration to a different operating system, suggesting [[Linux]] as an alternative.<ref name="MigrationStation">{{cite web | title=Migration Station | website=[[IBM]] | url=http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ondemand/migrate/linux.html#6 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513182513/http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/ondemand/migrate/linux.html#6 | archive-date=May 13, 2010 | access-date=April 9, 2013 }}</ref><ref name="LinuxMigrate2">{{cite web |url=http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246631.html?Open |title=IBM Redbooks &#124; OS/2 Server Transition |website=Redbooks.ibm.com |date=2003-10-06 |access-date=2013-03-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201181645/http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246631.html?Open |archive-date=2014-02-01 }}</ref><ref name="JavaMigrate">{{cite web |url=http://ecomstation.ru/projects/reseller/download/cat97_gen.pdf |title=3346/GEN/K (1–32) (Page 1) |access-date=2013-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318100423/http://ecomstation.ru/projects/reseller/download/cat97_gen.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref>