Re: Development of Oracle Power Objects for OS/2 stopped!!! E-Mail Campaign!!!

Philipp Adelt (padelt_at_warper.teuto.de) wrote:
: In article <4jb204$2ml_at_news3.cts.com>, cwr_at_cts.com (Will Rose) wrote:
: >John Cathie (jcathie_at_mindlink.bc.ca) wrote:
: >: In message <31586539.5875_at_mccaw.com> - Shawn Ramsey <shawn.ramsey_at_mccaw.com> wr
: >: ites:
 

: >: :>From what I have seen, IBM is to be blamed for the lack of
: >: :>support for OS/2. IBM has vascilated so much on the direction
: >: :>of OS/2 that I cannot blame any company that wants to make a
: >: :>profitfrom dumping any development for OS/2.
 

: >: :>the Power PC. Then when they about complete the Power PC
: >: :>version, they dump it.
 

: >: What do you infer by the word 'dump'?
 

: >: IBM has OS/2 for Power PC for sale.
: >
: >True, but you can't buy it. My local IBM office has been trying to get
: >permission for me to buy a copy for more than two months now, with no
: >response, either yes or no, from the PPC people. A PPC ships with NT
: >NT or AIX, that's it. Pity, really.
: >Will
: >cwr_at_crash.cts.com
 

: You actually CAN buy it. Your IBM rep does not seem to be one of the
: clever ones. There are special selling programs for such software that
: is ready to sell but not offered directly (they have a nice abbrevation
: for this that I forgot). You have to especially order it.
 

: Ciao, Philipp!

        Yeah, it's much like the Devcon CD's, if you call the main IBM number they don't know what the hell you're talking about. You have to call the special Devcon number.

		FWIW,
		-Keys