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hope the following is of
interest
peter
(26,000 of the 28,000 drugs prescribed accross
europe have no proven theraputic value whatsoever)
IBM CEOs aren't fans of
anything but revenue.
Regards, Erik P. Olsen On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:23:09 +0100 (MEZ), Sebastian Wittmeier (ShadoW) wrote: >On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 16:45:31 -0500, David Eckard wrote: > >>Thompson was leader of the software group for IBM. The new CEO will be >>Sam Palmisano. I have no clue how this will affect eCS, if at all. > >He is considered to be a great Linux fan. On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 11:49:21 -0000, bstjohn_ecs
wrote:
>What does Sam P bring to OS/2 and eCS. IMO .. nothing new. When Sam >was with the PC company, back in the days when OS/2 was still marketed >and promoted by PSP ... he was a typical PC Co. exec. That is to say >he pretty much saw OS/2 as an inconvenience which none of his >competitors had to carry. > The sad thing is that IBM PC Co. probably did at least as much damage to OS/2 as Microsoft, if not more. It is impossible to explain to people not closely familiar with IBM that the fact that one IBM division doesn't care for OS/2 (or is even actively against it) doesn't mean that IBM will be dropping OS/2 altogether int the next quarter. You don't see that with Microsoft - whatever crud they're selling the entire company is 100% behind it (at least publicly). - Mike ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sponsored by VeriSign - The Value of Trust Pinpoint the right security solution for your company - FREE Guide from industry leader VeriSign gives you all the facts. http://us.click.yahoo.com/pCuuSA/WdiDAA/yigFAA/E8folB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: eComStation-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ |