Re: Free OS/400

[Neil Palmer <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

He didn't actually use the word "strategic" though did he.
Someone I respect at IBM once told me that if a product is declared 
"strategic" it's the death knell for it !  ;-)

...Neil





"Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
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2001/06/29 12:08
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> While we may not like how certain things are marketed, handled or 
perceived
the
> computer system iSeries (formerly the AS/400) is not going away.  It 
will
> change, evolve, have the operating system renamed.
>
> Here is a quote from Buell Duncan:
>
> 'let me be crystal clear,  we have absolutely no intention of moving 
away
from
> the iseries and as/400 architecture...now or in the future.   if 
anything,
the
> integration around os/400 that makes it so strong in the market is 
becoming
more
> and more important as businesses are even more focused on controlling 
their
> total costs.'

Man, aren't you naive!
That's what they said about OS/2 and just about any other discontinued
"strategic" product, SAA, AD/Cycle, Off-Vision, etc, etc.





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