Re: Free OS/400

Holy, moly! I'd forgotten that tag!

Maybe a little militant.  ;-)

What surprised me was the number of people willing to get bent!

The desktop operating system market is such a quagmire. Just last Saturday I
was over at a friends house and the subject of the MS lawsuit came up. "That
doesn't involve me," he said. "I didn't even look at a Microsoft computer. I
bought a Dell."

Imagine the difficulty trying to get that guy to move to a different
platform. I asked him if he had looked at a Mac. "No, I think they're ugly."

> 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

Chris Rehm
javadisciple@earthlink.net
If you believe that the best technology wins the
marketplace, you haven't been paying attention.


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