Re: Free OS/400

[Jon.Paris@xxxxxx]

 >> However we are talking about the company that brought us OS/2 and then
dropped it like an old toy without a fight even while it was much superior
to anything on the market.

I have to believe that a significant part of the reasoning behind dropping
OS/2 (In fact it may still be available - I seem to recall I read about a
major sale a few months ago) had to do with the fact that MS made more $
for every copy of OS/2 that was sold than IBM did.  That is not the case
with OS/400.

I just hope that if and when IBM decide to blow off OS/400 they will at
least offer it for sale - I suspect that some of the employees in Rochester
would be interested in buying!

I don't see 2003 as the deadline, although from recent comments from Lou
and others, you have to believe that IBM increasingly sees itself as a
services company.  Hmmmm - having met a few Global Services managers in my
time maybe it is time to sell  my IBM shares!

Jon Paris
Jon.Paris@e400.com

www.e400.com - A new wave of iSeries and AS/400 Education

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