* Reply to a msg from Stewart Honsberger @ 1:229/604 on 09-29-99    
 
 SH> 28 Sep 99 20:37, Ray Hyder wrote to Rob Basler: 
  RH> The truth is that IBM simply lacked the management gut's to carry a 
  RH> technology forward that would put IBM on almost every desktop on the 
  RH> planet.  Very sad...  - ray  
 
 SH> The question is - would you *WANT* to run the "consumer OS"? 
 
Absolutely!  It is in IBM's interest to be the premiere service and support
provider in every aspect of computing.  
 
 SH> Support and applications aside - what happens when IBM starts to 
 SH> cater to the idiots and add things like "active desktop" to 
 SH> OS/2, and/or integrate their web browser? Or when they start 
 SH> Linux so much. 
 
Catering to idiots is something IBM has had to deal with since its inception. 
Nothing new there...  
 
IBM has been stared down by a company with less resource and less class. 
 
I say IBM has one ball the size of a pea and the other is a little one. 
 
- ray  
 
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