Re: IBM to discontinue sales of OS/2

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Post #68,676 by deSitter 12/13/02 1:02:00 PM Reply	Re: IBM to discontinue sales of OS/2 This may mean opening up the WPS. Perhaps there was some contractual date invovled with the third parties who contributed. Surely IBM knows what a gem WPS is. -drl
Post #68,689 by cwbrenn 12/13/02 1:30:51 PM Reply	don't bet on it Certainly the people who designed the Workplace Shell know what a gem it is... but the OS/2 group has been/was so insulated from the rest of IBM that I seriously doubt enough of the decision makers currently within the company have been exposed to the WPS to realize how astounding it is. IBM is good at two things: 1. Shooting itself in the foot, and 2. Reloading. "We are all born originals -- why is it so many of us die copies?" - Edward Young
Post #68,703 by CRConrad 12/13/02 3:29:03 PM Reply	LRPD Alert? (new thread) Created as new thread #68702 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=68702\|LRPD Alert?] Christian R. Conrad Mechanisation As our souls are slowly stolen The wheels of progress keep steamrolling Mechanisation melts our minds To drive the furnace that drives us blind. -- [link\|http://www.vergenet.net/~conrad/poetry/mechanisation.html\|© Conrad Parker, 1993]
Post #69,349 by n3jja 12/17/02 2:41:14 PM Reply	Actually... It was described to me more along these lines: "IBM is very good at duct taping a gun to its leg, loading the gun, cocking it, pulling the trigger, and saying 'Why didn't I miss?'." BTW, that's as close to an exact quote as I can remember from a well-know OS/2 person who's initials are D.M.

IBM to discontinue sales of OS/2 - (Andrew Grygus) - (32) - Dec. 11, 2002, 11:55:48 AM EST

LOL - (cwbrenn) - (8) - Dec. 11, 2002, 03:23:33 PM EST

...? - (admin) - (7) - Dec. 11, 2002, 03:40:17 PM EST

eCS = eComStation - (SpiceWare) - (6) - Dec. 11, 2002, 04:02:36 PM EST

Odd. - (admin) - (5) - Dec. 11, 2002, 04:11:17 PM EST

never read them - (SpiceWare) - (1) - Dec. 11, 2002, 04:38:30 PM EST

Tim Martin AKA The Martian - (jake123) - Dec. 17, 2002, 01:13:47 PM EST

Rarely valid, always strident. - (cwbrenn) - (2) - Dec. 12, 2002, 04:08:07 PM EST

Re: Rarely valid, always strident. - (admin) - (1) - Dec. 12, 2002, 04:13:37 PM EST

LOL - (cwbrenn) - Dec. 12, 2002, 05:21:29 PM EST

Psyche - (admin) - (1) - Dec. 12, 2002, 03:31:06 PM EST

That's good news... - (folkert) - Dec. 12, 2002, 04:56:49 PM EST

Re: IBM to discontinue sales of OS/2 - (deSitter) - (3) - Dec. 13, 2002, 01:02:00 PM EST

don't bet on it - (cwbrenn) - (2) - Dec. 13, 2002, 01:30:51 PM EST

LRPD Alert? (new thread) - (CRConrad) - Dec. 13, 2002, 03:29:03 PM EST

Actually... - (n3jja) - Dec. 17, 2002, 02:41:14 PM EST

Does this mean the Death of OS/2? - (orion) - (16) - Jan. 15, 2003, 03:26:34 PM EST

IBM later stated that . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (15) - Jan. 16, 2003, 01:51:47 AM EST

So OS/2 is not dead then, just pining for the Fjords? ;) - (orion) - Jan. 16, 2003, 08:33:03 PM EST

Pricing and sourcing... - (kmself) - (13) - Jan. 18, 2003, 11:46:40 PM EST

Re: Pricing and sourcing... - (rickmoen) - (12) - Jan. 19, 2003, 04:19:12 AM EST

Re: Pricing and sourcing... - (deSitter) - (11) - Jan. 19, 2003, 10:43:09 AM EST

Micrografx did a lot of PresManager. MS did HPFS. Etc., etc. -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 19, 2003, 10:56:14 AM EST

Re: Pricing and sourcing... - (rickmoen) - (9) - Jan. 19, 2003, 04:34:34 PM EST

The WPS was first in 2.0 (post split) and was all IBM. -NT - (Another Scott) - (8) - Jan. 19, 2003, 04:54:46 PM EST

Re: The WPS was first in 2.0 (post split) and was all IBM. - (rickmoen) - (7) - Jan. 19, 2003, 08:57:04 PM EST

Some clarification. - (Another Scott) - (6) - Jan. 20, 2003, 12:04:38 PM EST

Re: Some clarification. - (deSitter) - (1) - Jan. 20, 2003, 01:18:40 PM EST

Re: Some clarification. - (orion) - Jan. 21, 2003, 06:42:53 AM EST

Re: Some clarification. - (rickmoen) - (3) - Jan. 20, 2003, 05:15:34 PM EST

Bullshit, Rick - it's YOU who are changing the subject! - (CRConrad) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2003, 03:12:37 AM EST

Re: Bullshit, Rick - it's YOU who are changing the subject! - (rickmoen) - Jan. 21, 2003, 11:39:38 AM EST

The Horror! Subject creep on zIWeThey! Whoda thunkit. :-/ -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 21, 2003, 07:40:43 AM EST

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