[Am-info] New Apple store near Beantown

[John J. Urbaniak]

Erick Andrews wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 08:05:38 -0500, John J. Urbaniak wrote:
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> >Erick Andrews wrote:
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> >> On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 14:28:12 +0000, John Poltorak wrote:
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> >> To be sure, application software like M$ Office and "Lookout Express"
> >> are being shoved down the throats of new Mac buyers, but correct me if
> >> I've forgotten, there are other Mac choices for these apps, too.  Less and less
> >> now of an ideal choice, but no worse than IBM's half hearted support of
> >> my preferred OS:  Warp.
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> >I wouldn't describe it as "half hearted."  I believe IBM top executives entered
> >into a "market-splitting" deal with Microsoft, killing Warp on the desktop for
> >personal and corporate gain.  It was an ignoble decision for the entire computing
> >industry.
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> >John
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> That's the "heartless" part of IBM.  The "half-heart" are the few inside IBM
> who actionably support it.

More than heartless - it's illegal.  If IBM did make a market-splitting deal with MS,
as I believe they did, it will come out someday.

And I pray every day for the heroes within IBM who still do support OS/2 as
alternative to Windows junk.

John


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> Erick Andrews