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Article #219OS/2's Demise - NOT
From: Tony Weddle
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 00:00
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Tim Timmins wrote: > Tony Weddle wrote: > > > > Well, I can't say I recall such a clear quote from a leading OS/2 manager > but I > > hope you're right about this being just a rehash and wrong. What worried me > was > > that it is consistent with IBM's pushing of Workplace on Demand. As for the > NT > > story, it may be bad news for the user but it not in the same league as the > > apparent ditching OS/2 and is probably just Microsoft trying to get more > money > > out of the system and trying to tie users in to their technologies (if > that's > > not too strong a word!). > > > > Tony Weddle > > There is no 'apparent ditching'. OS2 Warp 4 is strategic to IBM. > > For the latest news on OS2 Warp, including the latest rebuttal, > see http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp/warpfm/current > > NB WSOD is WorkSpace on-Demand. IBM has stated that this is not a > replacement for OS/2 Warp, it is a complementary product. > Tim, Thanks for the pointer - that is one large, slow page. I didn't see the specific rebuttal but the site made me feel a bit more confident about OS/2. Tony
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 104dc3,9c4fa4910eedef6f X-Google-Attributes: gid104dc3,public From: Tony Weddle <tony@maestro.demon.co.uk> Subject: OS/2's Demise - NOT Date: 1997/12/11 Message-ID: <34905941.67F8B172@maestro.demon.co.uk> X-Deja-AN: 297341197 X-NNTP-Posting-Host: maestro.demon.co.uk [158.152.64.179] References: <348B2E99.A13D4194@maestro.demon.co.uk> <348C7F4E.1341@bcs.org.uk> <348DB6B0.4383422A@maestro.demon.co.uk> <348DCF3A.369F@bcs.org.uk> <348F146F.9E03DCBB@maestro.demon.co.uk> <348F2795.7337@bcs.org.uk> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Organization: Sofistek Ltd. Newsgroups: demon.ip.support.os2