>>Rick Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> I suppose it's pointless to ask whether or when the non-IBM half of the
>> world will be able to get AFS client for OS/2.
>>
>>Hi Rick,
>>
>>No, it's not pointless.
>>Like every other business, IBM only survives by satisfying customer needs.
>>
>>The only way it's going to happen is if you and every one else who wants
>>AFS on OS/2 asks their nearest IBMer thus demonstrating "customer demand".
>>
>>If IBM doesn't listento its customers, it deserves to loose revenue!
As far as I know, IBM does not have redistribution rights to AFS. AFS
is still a Transarc product, and although Transarc is now owned by IBM,
Transarc is still held accountable by IBM for their profits. So, talk
to Transarc, not IBM. Maybe they would sell it if they thought it
would be profitable.
A DFS client for OS/2 has been under development for quite some time
and there is a beta program scheduled to start real soon. The contact
at IBM for that program is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Move to DFS, then you
might have a chance of getting some of these enhancements you want (and
some of them are already there).
Thanks, Dawn
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