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echo: os2
to: Jack Stein
from: Ray Hyder
date: 1999-09-30 20:15:00
subject: OS/2 Support

 
 JS> Thats a very slim possiblitly.  More likely they had no 
 JS> intentions of taking over the desktop, they didn't WANT it to 
 JS> happen, and they made sure it didn't. It took BALLS to overtly 
 JS> kill OS/2 the way they did.  Money was no issue, they spent 3 
 JS> BILLION on LOTUS you know.  Who do you know that can piss away 
 JS> $3 BILLION w/o blinking an eye? 
 
Jack, think about it...  The desktop is the motherload!  Take IT and you have 
an opportunity to infulence the future of computing.  
 
IBM has spent MANY billions on LOTUS, and other companies.  IBM hasn't a clue 
on where technology will take us...  - ray  
 
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