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  • Subject: RE: Free OS/400
  • From: "Hall, Philip" <phall@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 13:52:09 -0500

> OS/2 was a strategic product. In fact, the success of OS/2 was linked to
the 
> success of the AS/400. IBM knew that a part of Microsoft's success was
their 
> ability to tie Windows desktops to Windows servers. IBM needed a desktop 
> operating system that it could use to provide the same level of synergy 
> between its servers and desktops, and intended for that to be OS/2.

"...sme level of synergy..." - You've obviously never tried to install
configure and use Communications Manager/2... ;-)

Also, let me apologise for the Html email - I'm using the web frontend of
Outlook & there is no option to turn  HTML off


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