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Mark Forsyth wrote:
> 
> Mark Framness wrote:
> >
> > Greetings
> >
> > Despite my previous doom & gloom posing I have noticed something in my web
> > surfing!
> 
> Me too! get a load of this. The IBM Daily Grounds Mailing list...
> 
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>                    IBM Daily Grounds
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> February 17, 1998
> 
> Network Transformations
> 
> "Reinventing the wheel" does not translate into the language of network
> computing. In the personal computing world of the past, there was often
> the rush to throw out existing operating systems and applications at
> the hint of a new product announcement. But this is not what the
> Java-driven network computing model of the future is about. It's about
> "connecting the wheels" to build a bigger, more functional business
> machine -- without the sacrifice of crucial time and money.
> 
> We know this can be accomplished: We've made these new types of network
> connections with OS/2. We have major customers who run their businesses
> and develop applications on this platform. The recent introductions of
> a faster and more tightly woven JVM and the WorkSpace On-Demand
> thin-client make OS/2 a formidable network computing and Java
> development platform.
> 
> The transformation of OS/2 is beneficial to everyone up and down the IT
> totem pole. Developers have the freedom to create and deploy new Java
> applications across diverse clients and servers, and the IT managers
> can better manage and distribute their data. This is a pretty good deal
> -- Java enables new connectivity and business opportunities by building
> on existing investments.


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Even Ziff-Davis is back with its _unique_ OS/2 slant.
In a chart accompanying an article titled "IBM Pushes Java Growth", they
have the axis flipped so that anyone skimming the article would see a
_decrease_ in Warp Server installations with time.