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From: drake
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1991 08:13
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1991 08:13
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In article <9103250340.AA23380@lilac.berkeley.edu> BITNIC IBM-NETS List <IBM-NETS%BITNIC.BITNET@lilac.berkeley.edu> writes: > >> From IBM announcement letter 290-589: >> >> STATEMENT OF GENERAL DIRECTION >> It is IBM's intention to provide Network Computing System (NCS (1)), >> Kerberos, REXEC and LPR/LPD support in the TCP/IP MVS environment. >> Announcement of this capability will be based on IBM's >> business and technical judgement. > >What is this supposed to mean? Is IBM announcing it or will they announce >if their 'business and technical judgement' so indicates? This is not an announcement of LPR/LPD; rather, it says that IBM intends to announce such function. The "business and technical judgement" phrase is boilerplate, always included in a "statment of intent". IBM intends to announce LPR/LPD, but something unforeseen might happen to change IBM's mind. Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center Internet: drake@ibm.com BITNET: DRAKE at ALMADEN Usenet: ...!uunet!ibmarc!drake Phone: (408) 927-1861
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!rufus!drake.almaden.ibm.com!drake From: drake@drake.almaden.ibm.com Newsgroups: comp.protocols.ibm Subject: Re: Pnews comp.protocols.ibm Message-ID: <612@rufus.UUCP> Date: 25 Mar 91 08:13:04 GMT References: <9103250340.AA23380@lilac.berkeley.edu> Sender: news@rufus.UUCP Organization: IBM Almaden Research Center Lines: 23