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"Sean C. Payne" schreef:
> relationship with a couple of IBMers who worked heavily with OS/2. One hs
> since retired, and he still denies the existence of such a version.
Big Blue people aren't always reliable, too bad. (-:
> What I was told was that technically they felt they could do
> it.
Not even could, they had already done it. I saw as early as 1996 Windy 95 running in
OS/2 (on a Russian site).
> Legally they had no problems.
Or he didn't know what he was talking about, or he was nor telling the truth. Big
Blue made in 1996 a deal with M$: Big Blue got Windy95/NT licences, and in return
agreed not to promote the OS/2 client anymore. You certainly have noticed Bib Blue
suddenly abruptly halted any advertising the OS/2 client early 1997. This is a
testimony in court, accepted and not contradicted by the defendant (M$). This is a
*fact*.
Bottom line is: we have been screwed by M$ as well as by Big Blue.
> But only if a big enough customer
> demanded it, would they.
OS/2 Warp 4 client had huge sales till early 1997. I always wondered why Big Blue
suddenly kept silent about OS/2. Now we know why.
> If you can't give out names of sources, I understand. But please
> tell me how you know the it exists? From every source I've talked to, it
> doesn't.
Names only can come out after "the case" has been set. Until then Big Blue's
employees are bound to keep silent.
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