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From: "John Angelico" <talldadatkepl dot com dot au>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:14:39 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Computerworld Today & "truth in media"

On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 08:39:32 +1100, Mailing_Serviceatidg dot com dot au wrote:

>Windows continues battle against IBM's OS/2
>http://www dot computerworld dot com dot au/idg2.nsf/a/00042B72?OpenDocument&n=e&c=CT

Hmm, all of a sudden, someone is yelling "OS/2 is dead - again!" -
again!

[all innocent] Now I wonder if this might happen to be associated
with a new release of a Microsoft "operating system"??? 

MS wouldn't do that would they? They are a part of the wonderful free
enterrprise American system which is the envy of all the world...

<G>

It is significant that two of the major Australian corporate accounts
which MS "won" to NT a few years ago (Telstra our phone monopolist
and the Commonwealth Bank) have not said a lot about XP. I happen to
have heard a little birdie tell me that the bank dropped 8-digit sums
trying to get NT to catch up to the (partially completed) stage
reached by the original OS/2 project, could NOT match function points
achieved, nor could the developers dream of attaining the planned
functions. 

The bank's decision-maker who mounted the case for NT no longer works
there. Neither does NT, but IBM has politely agreed not to use any
information about the failures in any way.

I wonder what kind of WTC-type [shudder!] disaster it would take to
wake up IBM Corporate to the need for careful use of similar tactics
to MS, to regain some lost ground? Maybe the AS-400 team could teach
the OS/2 team a few lessons in savvy marketing?


Best regards
John Angelico
OS/2 SIG
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From: "Ian Manners" <ianatos2site dot com>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 16:07:37 +1000 (EST)
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Computerworld Today & "truth in media"

Hi John

>Maybe the AS-400 team could teach the OS/2 team a few lessons
>in savvy marketing?

What OS/2 Team ;-)

Cheers
Ian B Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

hAS ANYONE SEEN MY cAPSLOCK KEY?

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From: "Gavin Miller" <paxtonatiaa dot com dot au>
Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:27:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [os2genau] Computerworld Today & "truth in media"

Mmmm..... Let's put the VBL backdoor on our ATM's...... good idea....... NOT!!!!

