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Methinks if Microsoft had purchased the AS/400 business from IBM we'd be
seeing a whole lot more advertising promotion for it than we are now ! :-(
Too bad John Akers was replaced by Gerstner before Rochester was spun off.

...Neil





Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@DILGARDFOODS.COM>



        To:     midrange-l@midrange.com
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        Subject:        Re: Microsoft .NET Server announcement


Steve Richter wrote:

> the other big news today on the non technical front is IBM consulting's
> acquisition of PwC. The papers say that PwC is big in the systems
> integration consulting business where IBM consulting is more into
services.
> To me, this means that IBM consulting and hence all of IBM will be more
> wedded to windows and MS than ever before.
>
> The only hope for our as400 is for it to be spun off from IBM as an
> independent company.

And watch it get bought by MS. <g>

--
Jeff Crosby




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