In , on 12/08/04 
   at 03:44 PM, "Phil Kane"  said:

>  Do we have any indication that
>  this Chinese company will continue specific support of compatibility
>  with OS/2 or will that be a casualty of the transaction?  Or are we
>  holding our breath?

Common sense says keep breathing normally otherwise you will not be around
to find out. :-)

Common sense also says that since the deal just closed no one, not even
the parties involved, knows exactly how it is going to shake out.

>  It's important to most of us who build/use OS/2 systems and don't
>  want to switch to another OS unless we have no alternative.

I don't really see what the PC hardware division sale has to do with this
except peripherally.  The reality is that vast majority of desktop systems
used for OS/2 are not manufactured by IBM.  The percentage of laptops is
higher, but less that you might think.

One thing I can say with some assurance is that any support commitments
that existed before the sale continue to exist after the sale.  These are
the only commitments that cause IBM to continue to release updates to OS/2
software.

Steven

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