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Object-oriented desktop shell
The Workplace Shell (WPS) is an object-oriented desktop shell produced by IBM's Boca Raton development lab for OS/2 2.0. It is based on Common User Access and made a radical shift away from the Program Manager type interface that earlier versions of OS/2 shared with Windows 3.x or the application-oriented WIMP interface of the Apple Macintosh. The Workplace Shell was also used in OS/2 Warp 3 and Warp 4, and the OS/2-based operating systems eComStation and ArcaOS. Wikipedia →
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đź“š Books worth reading
- 📕OS/2 Quick Reference LibraryNora Scholin · 1994
Rexx Reference Summary HandbookRichard K. Goran · 1993- 📕OS/2: The Workplace ShellMaria Tyne · 1992
Understanding and preventing workplace retaliationPatricia A. Wise · 2000
Getting to Know OS/2 Warp 4Neil Stokes · 1996
Teach Yourself REXX in 21 daysWilliam F. Schindler, Esther Schindler · 1994
Wharton on making decisionsHoward Kunreuther · 2001
OS/2 2.1 Workplace Shell ProgrammingStefano Maruzzi · 1994
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