Re: Cheaper Servers?

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

neither does regaining lost marketshare, it would appear...



On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Leif Svalgaard wrote:

> From: Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@commsoft.net>
> > I briefly spoke with Dr Soltis at the recent Northeast IBM Conference.  I
> > asked him to put OS/400 on a laptop to distribute to universities.  He told
> > me that he floated the idea and nobody was interested, including COMMON.
> > Apparently, if IBM can't find demand, they're disinclined to fire up a
> > production line to create dumpster-filler.
> >
> > This may be an opportunity for us to tell Rochester that we're interested
> in
> > a low-cost OS/400.
>
> At last COMMON I asked Frank Soltis if a laptop version would be available.
> He said no with visible disgust. I think that the notion of a LOW-COST OS/400
> does not sit well with IBM.
>
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