Stewart Honsberger wrote in a message to All:

 SH>    IBM is quietly exceeding its own OS/2 sales expectations.

Not by much I hope, or they will be forced to take even more overt actions to
kill it, and insure earthlings remain with MS crap stuck firmly up you know
where....

 SH>    While IBM always has maintained that it continues to
 SH> actively support    its OS/2 operating system, 

IBM is a pack of liars!

 SH> the general market perception is that the    company is trying 
 SH> to scoop kitty litter over the product, and is    minimizing 
 SH> OS/2 sales.

My general perception is IBM has been pissing in MS pocket for many years,
since they waved their magic wand over GATES. IBM stuck their knife in a
product to save the MS products from being covered with kitty litter, which
from the smell of the MS products, was a naturally occuring event.

 SH>    However, Sm@rt Reseller has learned that IBM's doing much
 SH> better than    even it expected. It just hasn't bothered to
 SH> tell anybody. 

 SH>    According to IBM sources, the IBM OS/2 Warp client has
 SH> sold at 134    percent of plan for the last five quarters,
 SH> accounting for more than    $70 million in revenue, with the
 SH> greatest increase occurring at the    end of 1998.

IBM blew $3 BILLION in one day buying the defunct, or about to be defunct,
LOTUS.  THAT is the deal that smells to high heaven, and that is what is
covered in gooy kitty litter...

 SH>    This growth is being credited to revenue from large
 SH> enterprise license    agreements, additional client upgrade
 SH> protection plans, and--at least    in IBM's eyes--positive
 SH> customer calls on strong e-business    directions.

OS/2's death is attributed to IBM pissing in MS pocket, and, coincidentally
screwing the computing public.  IBM NEVER supported OS/2, not for one day.

 SH>    In addition, the server versions of OS/2, Warp Server and
 SH> Warp Server    for e-business, have generated more than $30
 SH> million in revenue over    the last five quarters, with a
 SH> large increase from 4Q98-1Q99 as well.    Again, say
 SH> sources, IBM has had significant sales increases from large 
 SH>   customers. According to sources, the increase is due, in
 SH> part, to    interest in WorkSpace On-Demand.

 SH>    But those statistics don't necessarily give all OS/2
 SH> resellers or    end-users reason to rejoice. IDC reports
 SH> that OS/2 only held 0.5    percent of the 89 million client
 SH> operating environment market 

The had 15 million using it in '95 when they went from not supporting it to
actively destroying it's marketability.  What percentage is 15 of 89?

 SH> and 3.0%    of the server
 SH> operating environment market in 1998. The OS/2 shipments   
 SH> declined about 40% in both markets.

IBM's next move, if I read them correctly will be to attempt to kill LINUX.

 SH>    Nonetheless, OS/2 can be a successful special purpose
 SH> operating    environment. According to IDC analyst Dan
 SH> Kusnetzky, "As IBM presents    host-managed, server-centric
 SH> computing solutions, it points out that    this approach
 SH> will lower the costs of administration and support. They   
 SH> don't mention that OS/2 just might be running on the desktop
 SH> or on the    workgroup server. Customers who agree with IBM
 SH> purchase the solution    and seem happy. 

About everyone that ever ran OS/2 was pretty damn happy.  That didn't mean
beans to IBM.

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                                              Jack 
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