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The fourth major release of the client version of the OS/2 operating system and also known as Warp 4 or under the original project name Merlin. It is not as radical a change as OS/2 Warp Version 3 was from OS/2 Version 2 mainly because the money earmarked for OS/2 development inside IBM's Personal Systems Division was used to develop the ill-fated OS/2 PPC, and while small portions of the OS/2 PPC code showed up in Merlin, most of the changes were superficial. The release does include a number of additional features that were developed as separate programs though, such as OpenGL support.

Versions

Minor versions

IBM released versions 4.5 for those with a defect support contract and for a time also sold it as a upgrade. This has numerous fixes and updates introduced in the OS/2 4.5 server version, and a small number of fixes developed since. The last minor version released was 4.52

Publications

Getting to Know OS/2 Warp 4 – Prentice-Hall 1996, ISBN 0-13-842147-1

German

Zietlow: OS/2 Warp Version 4 - tewi 1996, ISBN 3-89362-522-4
OS/2 Warp V4 in Team - C&L Verlag 1996, ISBN 3-932311-02-7
Koch: OS/2 Warp Version 4 – Das Kompendium – Markt & Technik 1997, ISBN 3-8272-5213-X
Ehrkamp: OS/2 Warp 4 – bhv 1997, ISBN 3-89360-266-6

Reviews

Esther Schindler: Review: OS/2 addresses some old flaws on the desktop - ComputerWorld Magazine (Nov 1996)

Links

OS/2 Withdrawal from Marketing and Change in Support

Author

IBM

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-The fourth major release of the client version of the OS/2 operating system and also known as '''Warp 4''' or under the original project name '''Merlin'''. It is not as radical a change as [[OS/2 Warp Version 3]] was from [[OS/2 Version 2]] mainly because the money earmarked for OS/2 development inside IBM's Personal Systems Division was used to develop the ill-fated [[OS/2 PPC]], and while small portions of the OS/2 PPC code showed up in Merlin, most of the changes were superficial. The release does include a number of additional features that were developed as seperate programs though, such as [[OpenGL]] support.
+The fourth major release of the client version of the OS/2 operating system and also known as '''Warp 4''' or under the original project name '''Merlin'''. It is not as radical a change as [[OS/2 Warp Version 3]] was from [[OS/2 Version 2]] mainly because the money earmarked for OS/2 development inside IBM's Personal Systems Division was used to develop the ill-fated [[OS/2 PPC]], and while small portions of the OS/2 PPC code showed up in Merlin, most of the changes were superficial. The release does include a number of additional features that were developed as separate programs though, such as [[OpenGL]] support.
 ==Versions==
 ====Minor versions====
-IBM released versions 4.5 for those with a defect support contract and for a time also sold it as a upgrade. This has numerous fixes and updates introduced in the OS/2 4.5 server version, and a small number of fixes developed since.
+IBM released versions 4.5 for those with a defect support contract and for a time also sold it as a upgrade. This has numerous fixes and updates introduced in the OS/2 4.5 server version, and a small number of fixes developed since. The last minor version released was 4.52
 ==Publications==
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 ;German
 * Zietlow: ''OS/2 Warp Version 4'' - tewi 1996, ISBN 3-89362-522-4
-* ''OS/2 Warp V4 in Team'' - C&L Verlag 1996, ISBN 3-932311-02-7
+* ''[http://www.cul.de/download/Warpv4.pdf OS/2 Warp V4 in Team]'' - C&L Verlag 1996, ISBN 3-932311-02-7
 * Koch: ''OS/2 Warp Version 4 – Das Kompendium'' – Markt & Technik 1997, ISBN 3-8272-5213-X
 * Ehrkamp: ''OS/2 Warp 4'' – bhv 1997, ISBN 3-89360-266-6
 ;Reviews
 * [[Esther Schindler]]: [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AI_zODOhhmsC&pg=PT115 Review: OS/2 addresses some old flaws on the desktop] - ComputerWorld Magazine (Nov 1996)
+==Links==
+* [http://www-01.ibm.com/software/os/warp-withdrawal/ OS/2 Withdrawal from Marketing and Change in Support]
 ==Author==
 * [[IBM]]
-==Links==
-* [http://www-01.ibm.com/software/os/warp-withdrawal/ OS/2 Withdrawal from Marketing and Change in Support]
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