On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, [iso-8859-1] Leandro Guimar�es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Jul 2003 07:10:27 -0400, Fred Heitkamp wrote: > > > Supposedly OS/2 for PowerPC was so slow and buggy, IBM did > > not want to release it. (I think I read that somewhere.) > > I can understand that, as OS/2 began its life as protected-mode PC-DOS > 3.0... > > But the only excuse for not fixing it is lack of focus. PS/2 was not > important enough for IBM. > It's important to remember IBM is a very large company with many different business units, each bigger than many other computer companies. Back then there were not _that_ many PCs around, and IBM also sold several ranges of minicomputer and its S/370 mainframes. Back then, my employer bought a brace of computer equipment and software. IBM had the fourth largest share, with almost no hardware at all. We bought Amdahl mainframes running IBM software, Wang VS minicomputers, disk tape & printers from Storage Technology. IBM's share was VM (one of), 7 ea (MVS JES2 ACF/VTAM TSO/E ACF/NCP and goodness knows what else). Pee Cees were very small beer in those days, and the IBM PC company had trouble being noticed. -- Cheers John Summerfield Please, no off-list mail at all at all. This address accepts mail only from Debian addresses.
