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In article <CZGNzsbnbFDf089yn@ibm.net>, James Knott <jamesk@ibm.net> wrote:
>In article <5gvj9n$n6h@client3.news.psi.net>,
>os2@mistik.express.net (Mustafa Soysal MS57) wrote:
>>>        Many banks in Canada. One of my aquaintences is working for a 
>>>software company that recently got a contract for a bank to write software,
>>>in OS/2 for the bank.
>
>Well, there's the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Royal Bank of Canada, 
>Toronto Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, Toyota, Honda, Bell Canada along with 
>some parts of the Province of Ontario government among others.  BTW, the above
>mentioned banks are all considerably larger than most U.S. banks.  Also,
>whenever you use a money machine, you are probably using OS/2.  However, the

That would be 1.3, not 2.x or 3.x.  1.3 is MicrosoftWare.

>item I read mentioned a U.S. bank had made the big commitment recently and
>asked for the 10 year support.  The article didn't mention which bank.

That's the question I asked.  SO far, I got different replies, one of
them indicating it was an ISV serving a bunch of banks.

>
>
>My take, after reading several networking and computer news magazines, is that
>the organizations that have the resources to do their own evaluations tend to 
>go with OS/2.  Those that depend on popular computer magazine articles buy NT. 

Well, I made my own evaluations and went into OS/2, I was wrong. 
Experiencing IBMs support inabilities for several years turned me to NT
or linux.

>A few months ago, in one networking magazine, there was an article about how 
>several companies had announced plans to go to NT networks, and then cancelled 
>their plans.  It seems some executives had decided to go with NT after reading
>articles about it, and then after the I.S. guys talked to them, the decision 
>was reversed.

Yet, there are job postings for these conversions....

>
>There have also been several contract major positions available in the Toronto 
>area lately for conversion to OS/2 and OS/2 support.  So, it would appear 
>there are several large corporate customers running OS/2.
>

It seems this is based on the good company structure of IBM Canada. 
They have excellent DB/2 support and VAC++ support (the compiler part). 
Anything that comes from the US IBM seems to suck.

That would explain why Canadian businesses maybe chosing OS/2 based of
IBM Canada's good performance which I would agree to by first hand
experience.  IBM US sucks in contrast.

Best Regards,

Mustafa Soysal

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