Re: All this OS/2 is dead talk.

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From: ANDREW GRYGUS
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 00:00

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In <333480A8.7317@ibm.net> Sieu Ngu <sdngu@ibm.net> writes: 
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>  IBM would be foolish to drop os/2 whether they are under contract or
>not, it's deeply engrained into their corporate stategy...

I recall a high IBM exec being asked why IBM would continue with OS/2
when its user base is so small compared to Microsoft's.  The response
was, "Yes, but look who those users are."  IBM's credibility with its
primary clients would be seriously injured by dropping OS/2, or even by
putting it in maintenance mode.

I would, however, expect OS/2 to evolve drastically, and not in a
direction everyone in this newsgroup will like.      

Andrew Grygus  -  California Republic
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Resist Microsoft!

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From: aax@ix.netcom.com(ANDREW GRYGUS )
Subject: Re: All this OS/2 is dead talk.
Date: 1997/03/23
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