Re: Rumor: IBM out of hardware business????

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From: Bruce Dubbs
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 00:57

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In article <1jpjabINNlsh@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong) writes:
|There has been a rumor around this here part that IBM made an official
|announcement on Fidonet that they are dropping out of the hardware
|business. I don't have Fidonet access and can't confirm this. Anyone
|have such access and seen this announcement out there??  No more PS/1,
|PS/2? The end of their clone line only fater being out for a couple of
|months? Any clarifications? IBM, are you out there reading Usenet?
|

You are joking, right?  The biggest problem that IBM has with their
PCs is that their capacity isn't large enough.  They can't pump them
out any faster.
   -- Bruce

--
Bruce Dubbs                   |  Oxymorons of note:
bdubbs@neuron.tamu.edu        |  Honest Politician, Political Science,
                              |  Scrupulous Lawyer

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