(Ref. 21/10/96, David Noon > Rafa Gawenda)

Gu-gu David...

RG>> Well, some time ago, I've read it many times in some of the
RG>> comp. newsgroups in the internet, in messages from Dave
RG>> Navarro... later I e-mailed them visiting their homepage
RG>> (which shows nothing on this topic), and received
RG>> confirmation from him, but he said that betatesting would
RG>> be limited to cserve.

> Hi Rafa,

> Power BASIC/2 was announced a few years ago, about 1993, but IBM told
> them to sod off since IBM felt that there was no need for BASIC under
> OS/2. Since then I've heard no more. I concluded that it had been
> shelved as a result of IBM's arrogance.

> Is your information more recent than this?

I didn't say the date of the messages, but it was at the beginning of this
year. I don't know which is the correct information, but I would want to
rely on my source being accurate, but he told me that IBM give no help to
the project, even denied minimal info.

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Rafa Gawenda, 

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