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will i5/OS get the OS/2 treatment? WAS: Jakarta POI - HWPF for word files

On 8/11/06, Jon Paris <Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


Also just to correct another misconception in this thread - OS/2 continued
to be supported _long_ after IBM stopped marketing it as a desktop
competitor to Windows.  If I recall it was the driving software for many of
the early ATMs long after. There's still quite a lot of it about.


the os/2 experience is relevant because we need to know what IBM mgmt
will do when it can no longer make a profit selling i5/os to its
locked in customers. Will it go the os/2 route and continue to
"support" it while keeping it locked up, or will it release it to the
open source community.

-Steve

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