The GNO Multitasking Environment, also known as GNO/ME or GNO for short, is a
Unix-like
A Unix-like (sometimes referred to as UN*X or *nix) operating system is one that behaves in a manner similar to a Unix system, although not necessarily conforming to or being certified to any version of the Single UNIX Specification. A Unix-li ...
operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware, software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also i ...
for the
Apple IIGS
The Apple IIGS (styled as II), the fifth and most powerful of the Apple II family, is a 16-bit personal computer produced by Apple Computer. While featuring the Macintosh look and feel, and resolution and color similar to the Amiga and Atari ST ...
computer. It was developed by
Procyon Enterprises and sold commercially from 1991 through August 1996, when it was released as
freeware
Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user. There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license, or EULA that defines ''freeware'' unambiguously; every publisher defines its own rules for t ...
. Development continued by Devin Reade, who released the current version 2.0.6 on 15 February 1999.
Subject: The End (and new Beginning) of GNO/ME
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997, A2Pro Forum, ''...However, instead of simply stopping sales of GNO and letting the software wander into oblivion, I am placing GNO into "freeware" status, and I am also making available all source code to the 2.0.4 version to the public and the development community.....Speaking of that, the GNO-Devel list is headed by Devin Reade, and its members are programmers who have the time and devotion to continuing to develop the GNO system....Thank you all for your support in the past of my company and myself, and best wishes to you all for the future! Regards, Jawaid Bazyar President, Procyon Enterprises Inc. President, Interlink Advertising Services Inc.'' The source code has since been released via GitHub
GitHub, Inc. () is an Internet hosting service for software development and version control using Git. It provides the distributed version control of Git plus access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continu ...
.
References
External links
*
Current version
(via FTP
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer network. FTP is built on a client–server model architecture using separate control and data ...
)
Discontinued operating systems
{{Unix-stub