🚀 go-pugleaf

> Monthly I checked with my IBM rep to see how it was going with regard
> to obtaining the code and was assured that it was just taking time due
> to the "normal" red tape.  I succeeded in making the port work and
> isolated the functionality required to integrate into the driver by
> early August and began to press IBM for the promised source code.  To
> my amazement and consternation I was told that the original contact
> that had made the promise was retired and wrong.  In fact the source
> code was owned by Microsoft and could not be released to me by IBM.
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


I think this may be the key sentence here, maybe you should have gone on and
asked microsoft for the source code. If there really are a great company then
the would surelly just GIVE it to you. Its not like they want to see OS/2 fail
is it.


Don't give up on such a worthwile project just because

	a/ sombody from IBM lied, they don't represent the entire company. Or 
	   do they?

	b/ IBM dosen't own the code that you require

	
	c/ They want there computer back. Hell you can have mine. (just kidding
 	   the cost of postage would probably be more than the machine is
	   worth)



> 
> As a consequence I am out the $30k of savings I supported myself with
> and the $70k lost income from the period.  To add insult to injury they
> are now requiring the return of the PS/2 system loaned me to test the
> product on an IBM system.  I'm stonewalling.  I no longer have any
> interest in developing for OS/2 but would like their fuck up to cost
> *them* something.


Please there may be children listening and we don't want to influence there
tiny corruptable minds do we ???


> 
> I shelved the project at that point and decided to move my efforts to
> NT some time in the future since MS is making the equivalent source
> code available as a standard part of their driver development kit.  I
> advise the rest of you to do the same.  IBM still has way too much to
> learn about developer support.  Lots of splash but little content and
> some silly notion about making a profit on their developers tools.
> Beware.

I agree a really dumb idea to sell something so valuable for a profit. If we
all had it who knows what might happen. Althought IBM are doing a pretty good
job of writing most of the OS/2 software themselves. Comeon everybody else help
them out.

> 
> Thanks IBM.  I knew I could count on you.
> 
> Bob
> 
> -- 
> Bob Cain    rcain@netcom.com   408-358-2007
> 
>     'The meek shall inherit the earth--the rest of us will move on..'
>                                                     Sameer Parekh
> 
> 
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Mark Harvey

Still waiting for Borland C++ for OS/2, but I am getting sick of it and other
products are looking better and better.