Re: OfficeVision!

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 01:43 AM 3/15/00 -0800, you wrote:

I suspect that you would find this source to be non-trivial.  Don't expect 
this to be written in RPG.  It's more likely in PLMI.

If I thought the (spineless) IBM was serious, I might consider licensing 
calendering (the only part that I feel is worth @#$%).  But I expect that 
IBM might extend it's life.  They are under a lot of pressure from BPs.

Al

>Al,
>
>Maybe they should just take it open source and forget the expense.
>
>Power to the user!
>
>J. Kilgore
>
>"Al Barsa, Jr." wrote:
> >
><<snip>>
>
> > IBM feels that it will be too expensive to maintain the APIs into OV.
> >
> > Is this fair?   No.  But IBM is now taking the position that they want to
> > drop support for unpopular products, which is contrary to the AS/400 value
> > proposition.
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