Re: Interesting IBM site

["Al Barsa" <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is a very interesting site.  It lead me to the 1988 site,

http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1988.html

where I reviewed the AS/400 announcement.  Of course, no one at IBM knows
what an AS/400 is, so the picture shows a 9402 model which was not
announced until (at least) 1991.

The text goes on to say that "As part of the introduction, IBM and IBM
Business Partners worldwide announce more than 1,000 software packages in
the biggest simultaneous applications announcement in computer history.",
which was a correct statement at our announce in June 1988.  Of course by
1991 when the 9402 was announced, the number was 28,000.  Always count on
IBM to look at the glass as half empty.  BTW, those 28,000 applications
might prove to be what kills us.  I recently reviewed the "state of the art
AS/400 country club software package", and found a poorly ported S/36
application;-((((((, so my club is buying something that runs in a Windoze
environment.

Al

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                      Vernon Hamberg
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Just ran across this series of sites on IBM history - interesting

http://www-1.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_1990.html

Just put in a different year.

Check it out.

Vern Hamberg

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