RE: IBM iSeries Advertisements

[michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

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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