Re: Free OS/400

Hello John,

You wrote:
> 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).

I've heard that story too.  I suspect there is a fair amount of truth in 
it.  Even in the capitalist oriented, profit at all costs, business 
attitude of the United States that strikes me as restraint of trade.  
However we've all seen the evidence that those in charge of IBM's PC 
Company are a gutless bunch of wonders without the balls to stand-up to 
Microsoft.

IBM, Global Services, and all the other big consulting firms make far too 
much money out of services and support related to Microsoft's buggy, 
unreliable software to ever stop selling it or complain publicly about it.

The lack of service revenue associated with the AS/400 is one major reason 
for its slow penetration.  Consulting firms are more interested in keeping 
THEIR bodies in work than in doing what's best for the customer.  Thus they 
recommend Windoze and Unix derivatives rather than AS/400 and Macs.

Just for kicks --- the whole concept of three-tiered architecture sucks 
technically but does it ever generate service revenue keeping the disparate 
parts communicating!!!

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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