In a message dated 01-17-99, Tobias Ernst said to David Noon about
"Timeslice release"

Hi Tobias,

 DN> It is serious. 

TE>Intersting. Is this a team like Team OS/2, i.E. does it - 
TE>besides those engaged IBMers - also have members like 
TE>private customers, small business customres, and all the 
TE>sort of customers that IBM does not really care about?

It is indeed open to the customer about whom IBM doesn't care. Murray Lesser
and I are just such customers.

You can register at teampli{at}vnet.ibm.com.

TE>No, it was PL.8, a language originally developed at Austin 
TE>Laboratories for VM/CMS and AIX. It really was "spiffy", 
TE>though most IBM locations have replaced it in favour of 
TE>PL/X, I think. I would be interested to know if anyone 
TE>knows PL.8 or even works with it.

I am not familiar with PL.8. It would seem to target the mainframe CPU's if
it is for VM/CMS. That would make it rather off-topic for an OS/2
programming echo.

 DN> This is yet another gripe about the marketing of PL/I compilers. They 
 DN> should allow academic institutions preferential 
 DN> pricing, otherwise nobody 
 DN> will offer PL/I training courses.

TE>Yes, but it is only logical for IBM ot do soe if they (i.E. those types
TE>that have to decide this) do see a future in PL/I. For most marketing
TE>types, though, it is illogical to support yet another programming
TE>languages, yet another operating system, etc.

For most marketing types, the future means within the current sales cycle.
This is different from the view used by "old IBM", but it is one we have to
suffer. The only redeeming feature is that the entrenched products they are
trying to kill will probably outlive the marketeer's tenure in his job.

That's the nice thing about "wingtip wonders": they don't usually stay very
long.

Regards

Dave

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