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Re: Where do you get IBM TCP/IP?

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From: Don A.B. Lindbergh
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:59
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In article <8941@news.duke.edu> dbhlve@acpub.duke.edu (Robert Newlin) writes:
>In article <93020.162425RROXBY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> RROXBY@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Robert Roxby) writes:
>>Funney thing, I called IBM and they haven't heard of it.  I KNOW
>>this outfit is gonna go broke, it is just a matter of time.
>>In the meantime, where do I apply to purchase the TCP/IP package
>>for os/2.  I was also told that it came pretty cheap with the
>>educational discount.  True?  Thanks.  Bob
>
>I actually got the order number and ordered it.  That was over 6 months
>ago.  I really don't think IBM wants to sell it.

I have heard many reports of difficulty gettting, or waiting forever to
receive IBM's TCP/IP.  Pathetic.

Not to mention all the confusion about versions of the product and fixes.

  *** IBM ARE YOU LISTENING **** ????

--Don Lindbergh
dabl2@lhc.nlm.nih.gov
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From: dabl2@nlm.nih.gov (Don A.B. Lindbergh)
Subject: Re: Where do you get IBM TCP/IP?
Message-ID: <1993Jan22.135935.21803@nlm.nih.gov>
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