Re: Is ZEOS financially sound?

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From: Anthony J Stieber
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1992 06:20

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In article <921128392@ritz.mordor.com> ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:

>Well, I guess as one gets older support is more important. :-)
>IBM may not be cutting edge, but they (in most cases) will doggedly
>support their hardware even when it becomes apparent that it is
>far out of date.  Also, there isn't much fear of Big Blue going bust
>anytime soon.

They do?  Ask some PCjr owners, or PC Convertible, PC AT, or PC XT/286,
or PS/2 Model 25, 30, or 30/286.  The PC Convertible is so far gone
from IBM's attention they let GRiD use that name for their new pen machine.
IBM doesn't have to go bust, they just start ignoring their older systems.

IBM is just as bad with their other systems such as System/1, 34, 36.
Only their 360 and related products have been supported well, and even
that has been inconsistant.  Sure, other companies drop support for
machines all the time, but IBM charges you for the privledge of getting
screwed by them.
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