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In article <1992Nov29.162940.25436@eskimo.com>, wix@eskimo.com (Dennis Wicks) writes:
> In article <921128392@ritz.mordor.com> ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
> >Anthony J Stieber (anthony@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) wrote:
> >: In article <921124514@ritz.mordor.com> ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
> >: 
> >: >it, if I had a choice on two systems, one from a mail order
> >: >company and one from IBM, and they were priced closely, I
> >: >would buy big blue every time.
> >: 
> >: I sure wouldn't.  I've been screwed over too many times with strange
> >: IBM proprietary hardware and their crummy designs.  Even at a low
> >: price, I don't consider IBM hardware worth it most of the time.
> >
> >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far out of date.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.
> >
> Well, IBM no longer supports the AT.  And for the original price
> of the IBM hardware plus the maintenance cost, you could probably
> afford to junk your clone and buy another one!  Plus, you could
> be pretty sure that all the accesory boards from your old one
> would work in the new one.  Something you can't be sure of with
> IBM machines.  
>  
> If you need professional level maintenance support, there are
> plenty of reputable companies that will fix anything you have.
> On site if you need it.
> 
> As for IBM going bust, have you been following the
> financial news and the stock market?  IBM is in deep do-do!

	As far as IBM in deep do-do, yes sort of.  But they are
far from going bust.  Their PC division has never been a money 
maker and several years before now, they didn't really care.  They make
most of their money from from Main Frames, telecommunication hardware,
business solution packages (Like AS400.  You never heard of it here, but
it is supposed to be a big money maker now.), and patent rights.  

	Now with the introduction of the PC division, they have come
out with the PS/Value Point.  Which looked pretty competitive with 
the likes of DELL and COMPAQ.  Who knows?  They might do pretty well
in the near future.  

- Chung Yang