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In article <1993Jan8.002640.5554@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU> jurlwin@gandalf.UMCS.Maine.EDU (Jeff Urlwin) writes:
  <stuffs from Robert and Brian deleted>
>
>Well, let's go back a little here.  He wouldn't have had a problem if MS
>hadn't bailed out of OS/2.  Don't be so quick to jump further on the IBM
>bash band wagon that you drive.  In essence, all three are at fault.
>IBM *should* have remedied this by now, but I suspect MS is stonewalling
>and IBM is scurrying to try and get this stuff out...
>

I've communicated with Robert Cain through email a couple of months ago.
He is a real decent guy and is full of energy. Through our exchange
of messages, I found that he, though equipped with sarcasm, was always
willing to get things right and clear, even to a non-American like me.
He isn't the type whining alot.

Based on the impression, I believe that he should have be going through
a very long period of frustration dealing with IBM. Jeff is right.
The most urgent thing is to encourage IBM to do anything legal to
bring Robert back if IBM does want the support of developers. Note
that the single event occurring to Robert may be very serious to IBM's
image.  We may blame Robert for being naive when dealing with some
guy in IBM without writing anything down. The fact is, how could you 
expect a software developer to know everything about the future trouble.

As a Taiwanese, I feel very sad since what Robert did was to respect the
words of somebody in charge of DAP. IBM should be responsible for 
such a thing if it wants to keep its image.

The unfortunate event occurring to Robert is very messy now, and I hope
that anybody SHOULD NOT take advantage of the situation to raise another
thread of OS/2 vs. NT nonsense. Nobody can insure that Microsoft won't
do the same thing to Robert. I sincerely hope that Robert won't be hurt
the second time.


Wen-Chun Ni, wcn@cs.brown.edu         (401) 863-7669
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