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|tanname= OS/2-tan | |tanname= OS/2-tan | ||
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|cname= OS/2-tan | |cname= OS/2-tan | ||
|alias= Operating System/2, OS/2 Warp, Merlin | |alias= Operating System/2, OS/2 Warp, Merlin | ||
|debut= Aug 2006 | |debut= Aug 2006<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,197.0.html OS/2 Warp-tan & RISC OS-tan]</ref> | ||
|height= 171 cm (5'7") | |height= 171 cm (5'7") | ||
|haircolor= blue with white streaks | |haircolor= blue with white streaks | ||
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|lastrel= v. 4.5.2 (Dec 2001) | |lastrel= v. 4.5.2 (Dec 2001) | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Technical details== | ==Technical details== | ||
OS/2 was released in 1987, the result of a joint venture between IBM and Microsoft. While the collaboration was initially harmonious, the popularity of Windows 3.0 (1990) and subsequent sidelining of OS/2 caused the two companies to go their separate ways. IBM continued to develop OS/2 throughout the 90s, while MS took many design cues from OS/2 in the development of Windows NT (and 95 to a lesser degree). | |||
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Ultimately, OS/2 was vastly outsold by Windows, and lost the last of its support from IBM at the end of 2006. However, it is still used in some mission-critical systems and has a devoted following. | |||
''Further reading: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110131084549/http://pages.prodigy.net/michaln/history/ The History of OS/2 (archive)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS/2 Wikipedia: OS/2]'' | |||
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==Character details== | ==Character details== | ||
=== | ===Physical=== | ||
OS/2-tan is represented as a blue | OS/2-tan is represented as a mature woman with light skin, blue eyes typically rendered with catlike slit pupils, and rimless, rectangular glasses. She wears a purple Starfleet uniform<ref>More specifically the Starfleet uniform from ''Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country''. This is a reference to OS/2's extensive ''Star Trek'' themeing, IBM going as far as hiring actors from Star Trek to demonstrate OS/2 Warp.</ref>, C badge<ref>The C on her badge mathematically means greater than the speed of light and can be interpreted as warp speed.</ref>, blue skirt, sheer tights, black knee-boots and a belt with a stylized depiction of the 5-colored OS/2 logo. She carries a phaser.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/c-quel/art/Chibi-OS2-and-RISC-OS-104554239 Chibi OS2 and RISC OS]</ref> | ||
Her hair is medium blue with light blue or silver streaks. Its length nearly equals her own height, and has the unique ability to move on its own and assist OS/2-tan with multitasking.<ref>In her introductory post, C-Chan says it's meant to "illustrate her superior multithreading capabilities."</ref> It's been depicted in six and a half ponytails,<ref>"There are 6 and a half ponytails total, each representing all Star Trek series released to date. (FYI, the half is for Star Trek: Enterprise.)"</ref> or loose.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/c-quel/art/CLUB-PIC-OS2-Portraiture-120738585 CLUB PIC - OS2 Portraiture]</ref> | |||
===Personality=== | |||
Optimistic and studious in her early years, a lifetime of betrayal has left OS/2-tan bitter and volatile, with a reputation for ruthlessness.<ref>"With a bitter and volatile temperament, anyone ignorant of ways to safely approach her would be best advised to avoid her."</ref> | |||
She is a natural organizer. Beneath her hardened exterior, she yearns for her long-lost family. Her softer side is exposed by her deep bonds of loyalty to her friends. | |||
===Family and relationships=== | ===Family and relationships=== | ||
====Windows Family==== | |||
In OSC fanon, OS/2-tan is the stepsister to the DOS-based Windows-tans and [[Windows NT | NT-tan]]'s sister.<ref>"Any similarities to the Windows NT's are purely intentional. While she's only the half-sister of the original Windows -tans, it's suspected that her relationship to the NT -tans runs a little deeper."</ref> She's deeply protective toward [[Windows 1.0 | Windows 1.0-tan]] and [[Windows 2.0 | 2.0-tan]], but despises the Windows-tans otherwise,<ref>"she hates the Windows-tans with a vengeance and does everything in her power to torment them."</ref> blaming them for both hers and her beloved stepsisters' misfortunes. She carries a particularly strong vendetta against [[95-tan]] and [[NT-tan]]. | |||
==== | ====RISC OS-tan==== | ||
[[RISC OS | RISC OS-tan]] is OS/2-tan's closest confidant and right-hand woman in the [[Antisoft Coalition]]. OS/2-tan has unrequited crush on her, but doesn't say anything about it.<ref>According to 'word of god'.</ref><ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/bellacielo/art/OS-tans-on-a-Ship-173009589 OS-tans on a Ship]</ref> | |||
====eComStation-tan==== | ====eComStation-tan==== | ||
[[EComStation | eComStation-tan]] is OS/2-tan's self-professed, adoptive little sister, although her exact family is unknown so she may be biologically related to OS/2.<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/bellacielo/art/OS-tan-Sketchbook-pg-4-145435912 Comment on Sketchbook pg. 4]: "she's actually OS/2-sama's SELF-PROCLAIMED little sister, and just follows her idol around . . . However, I did leave that fact a bit open-ended in case a future sappy story COULD prove that she really IS OS/2-tan's biological little sister, or maybe even a daughter . . . and if that were to happen, OS/2-tan's character would change almost overnight, as she'd finally stop living in the past and be a little more mindful of her own little family she has now</ref> While OS/2-tan pins her hopes on eCS-tan as a successor,<ref>[https://www.ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,197.msg5423.html#msg5423 "she represents OS/2-tan's last (realistic) hope for any form of succession"]</ref> she has never officially recruited her into the A$C, fearful that she'll repeat her own mistakes, ending up jaded and broken. Still, this doesn't dissuade eCS-tan from joining in on their many schemes. | |||
==History and background== | ==History and background== | ||
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This loss, plus IBM's growing indifference to her, her lonely life and watching the world fall in love with the Windows-tans drove her insane and vengeful. Since she was still too loyal to take out her frustrations on IBM, she focused all of it on the Windows-tans. She founded and leads the [[Antisoft Coalition | Anti$oft Coalition]] with the hope of vanquishing the Windows Family for the injustices caused to her and others because of their imperialism. | This loss, plus IBM's growing indifference to her, her lonely life and watching the world fall in love with the Windows-tans drove her insane and vengeful. Since she was still too loyal to take out her frustrations on IBM, she focused all of it on the Windows-tans. She founded and leads the [[Antisoft Coalition | Anti$oft Coalition]] with the hope of vanquishing the Windows Family for the injustices caused to her and others because of their imperialism. | ||
Even though OS/2's last bit of company support was discontinued at the end of 2006, and that OS/2 will not become Open Source despite petitions by many loyal users, OS/2-tan has not given up her ambitions and will continue them into the foreseeable future. | Even though OS/2's last bit of company support was discontinued at the end of 2006, and that OS/2 will not become Open Source despite petitions by many loyal users, OS/2-tan has not given up her ambitions and will continue them into the foreseeable future. | ||
==Notes== | |||
* | * Her backstory was drafted before OS/2's last support was dropped, one alternate interpretation is that after that happened, she would grow to come to terms with the past, and abandon her vendettas even though it would be among the most emotionally painful things she has done; in the process though, she won't need to keep her successor at a distance, and over time would also gain the trust of the friendlier and more forgiving Windows-tans before eventually reconciling with old rivals. | ||
==Fanworks== | |||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Other]] | [[Category:Other]] | ||
[[Category:Antisoft Coalition]] | [[Category:Antisoft Coalition]] | ||