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Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!

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From: Mustafa Soysal MS57
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 00:00
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In article <CnkUzgRDA0cJ091yn@bigblue.no>, B. Vermo <bv@bigblue.no> wrote:
>In article <c1.0.2Fkmkp$01C@freedom2.express.net>,
>os2@mistik.express.net (Mustafa Soysal MS57) wrote:
>|
>|That's BS.  I never even heard of such offer.  I am a registered
>|developer since 1993, and there was never any offer like that in my
>|mailbox.
>|
>Well, I guess UPS have been forging the 'From: IBM, 1124 Northside Pkwy,
>Atlanta GA 30327" fields on the next-day airpacks I have been receiving
>with VA C++ and VA Smalltalk inside.
>
>There was a ten page contract involving mutual respect for intellectual
>property and an obligation to write to the Visual Age interface 
>specifications. You must also use your best efforts to develop and
>market the product. The other party calls itself 'IBM Software Solutions
>Division' and is said to be located in the same Research Triangle Park 
>where I have previously known the real IBM to reside.
>
>

And who did you ask for receiving that?

Best Regards,

Mustafa Soysal

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From: os2@mistik.express.net (Mustafa Soysal MS57)
Subject: Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!
Date: 1997/04/16
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