MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-08-17 |
| FROM | From: "Ray C."
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] IBM, Bankers at Odds Over OS/2 Migration Path
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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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