Re: Free OS/400 -- MIDRANGE-L

× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.

In a message dated 06/29/2001 3:31:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jpcarr@tredegar.com writes:

Subj: Re: Free OS/400
Date: 06/29/2001 3:31:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:    jpcarr@tredegar.com
Sender:    owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
Reply-to: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
To:    MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com

> Well, I know I spend too much time on a soap box but I cannot resist.

>    First, I think the lesson of OS/2 should be learned by the AS/400
>community. When I read, "dropped it without a fight" that sure got me
going.
>Chris R.

Chris

Haven't read the rest of your post yet, but wanted to comment on the above.

When I said "Dropped without a Fight"    I meant that IBM gave into MS
without a marketing fight. I didn't mean OS/2 users didn't put up a fight.

I believe MS said, Either you drop OS/2 or you ain't getting any thing
from us until the day it ships. (They got the advance copy of Win/95 a day
before G.A. IBM had no time to get it to work on their machines).

And Chris to prove how much I remember your fight, I will close with this.

"Get OS/2 or Get Bent"

Hmm. where did I see that before. (yes kids, I have a memory)

John Carr

THE CORPORATE SCREW