MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-08-17 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] IBM, Bankers at Odds Over OS/2 Migration Path
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Because the government is still watching them. They had every
intention to do so otherwise and are growing slowly bolder
as the move from the anti-trust case.
Ruben
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 01:09:10AM -0400, Ray C. wrote:
> On Saturday 16 August 2003 05:55 pm, Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
> > BTW Sunny
> >
> > I'm not saying the IBM will be dead in 3 months, only that is MS
> > wanted to turn the screws, they CAN dedstroy most of the IBM
> > server market in a matter of about 3 months.
>
> Then why don't they?
>
> > That's what 90% of the Desktop market buys you.
> >
> > Ruben
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 06:01:39PM -0400, Sunny Dubey wrote:
> > > > What a load of bullshit. The banks blame using Windows on the ATM
> > > > makers, and the ATM makers blame using Windows on the banks.
> > > >
> > > > I'm sure there's a truth here, but it's not in that article.
> > >
> > > On an unrelated/related note ...
> > >
> > > The FED still uses DOS to transfer money around. (Can't blame them
> > > because DOS is supposed to work well, and one can illegally get the
> > > source code and the compiler to DOS6.)
> > >
> > > Anyways a while back the FED thought of upgradin^H^H^Hdowngrading to NT4,
> > > and rejected the idea.
> > >
> > > Just a random note :^)
> > >
> > > Sunny Dubey
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> -Allen Wheelis
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