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

In article <4jf06k$dek_at_news3.cts.com>, cwr_at_cts.com (Will Rose) wrote:
>Philipp Adelt (padelt_at_warper.teuto.de) wrote:
>[...OS/2 for PPC...]
>: >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.
>
>I'd like to agree with you, but you're wrong. To order it especially
>you need permission from IBM, and IBM (at the moment) doesn't appear
>to give such permissions. Trust me on this...
>Will
>cwr_at_crash.cts.com

I will tell you where I concluded this info from. 1.) The main info comes from a very famous german magazine (c't) that   had this in an article (March issue): (translated, so no guarantee for   correctness)
  "The PRPQ (Program Request For Price Quotation) distribution method was   chosen. You have to ask your IBM rep (he should be experienced with   RS/6000) and order using a Special Order and the secret code 5799.QTZ."   Sorry for this _very_ poor translation! The conclusion the author of   the article makes: "[...]not made for distribution." 2.) My father works for IBM and he said it is not very easy to get a   PRPQ-product, but you CAN do it. (BTW: He does _not_ work for PSP but   the mainframe distribution division.)   

Hope this makes it a bit clearer!

Ciao, Philipp! Received on Fri Mar 29 1996 - 00:00:00 CET