Ed Gould wrote: >I was never in the loop about Sterling Forest, but didn't they have a fire >that ruined pretty much all of their tapes? >This had to be in the 1980's (Think). I actually ordered the source from them >one time and I think it was a renumber subcommand of basic.
No idea, sorry! And he also wrote: >About 20 years or so maybe longer 30? anyway, A contractor working for one of >the large aero space companies, came to Guide with a large box of tapes. On >each tape was a copy of IBM's compiler that IBM used to create source (PLS if >I am not mistaken). I wasn't interested but when he opened the box after the >session I have never seen a black Friday sale but one of the women there said >it reminded her of one. >My memory is stretching here but somehow the legal department got involved and >they tracked down 30 or the 32 tapes. >No one that got one of the tapes was willing to talk about it at the next >Guide. There were whispers of the FBI but no one would confirm it. In the early 90s, IBM PartnerWorld went pay-to-play briefly--$5K/year IIRC. As part of that new offering, we could get the PLX (PL/X?) compiler. So I said sure, send it to me. A few months later, they revamped the program again and said they were refunding the $5K. Except...I got to go to my VP and say "I have good news and bad news, and they're the same news: we're getting MOST of that $5K back". We lost about a third of it because PWD had to pay Raleigh for the compiler. Of course we never actually used it. Hmm, as I finish typing this, it feels like maybe I've already shared this anecdote. Apologies if so. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
