RE: IBM iSeries Advertisements

IBM is obviously dumping it (slowly), so it's the old supply and demand
curve. I'm sure demand is low, but supply is low, so when that last
remaining OS/2 shop's developer passes on, the demand will be high and
supply low. That's the time to make a move to OS/2.

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: RE: IBM iSeries Advertisements
> From: qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Liotta)
> Date: Tue, March 29, 2005 11:06 pm
> To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> >   2. IBM iSeries Advertisements (Dave Odom)
> >
> >I can understand the iSeries world wanting some publicity, to be "seen"
> >by the rest of the world and to look like they are not an "also ran"
> >with respect to the rest of the IBM platforms and OSes.  The thing that
> >worries me is everyone even talking much about the new advertisement. 
> >It sounds too much like the fervor that happened in the OS/2 world where
> >its users and developers felt like they were not really in the fold, and
> >they weren't.    And, of course, we all know what happened to that OS.  
> 
> 
> Interesting way to end that series of thoughts... "And, of course, we all 
> know what happened to that OS."
> 
> I wonder how many of us really have any idea at all what's 'happened' to 
> OS/2? I loved OS/2 back then and still think it's superior to WinXP in quite 
> a few ways, so I keep an eye on it.
> 
> http://www-306.ibm.com/software/os/warp/strategy/
> 
> I wonder how much an experienced OS/2 developer can make these days?
> 
> Tom Liotta
> 
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