On 7/28/19 8:27 AM, sixpack13 wrote:
sixpack13 composed on 2019-07-27 14:24 (UTC):
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... DFSee[1]...
And it still supports IBM OS/2, neat, that brings up some good and some bad memories.
worked on/with it 25 years ago !
What would be - with respect to Win10 user brainfxxk now- if IBM weren't so blind to give away the market to M$ ?
..
I was one of 5 OS/2 2.0 beta 'Junior Blue Ninjas'. Extensively involved
in that early testing. Special seating at the big rollout dinner at
Interop in Las Vegas.
I recommended AGAINST OS/2 for the company in favor of Windows 3.0 beta
(Yes, I was on that too).
The reason was simply networking. That is the availability of a TCP/IP
stack. IBM was stuffing LU6.2 down my throat and I actually liked it
for a FEW things, but I saw the future was all TCP/IP. At first I
worked with the FTP Software stack (and they DID have an OS/2 stack but
it worked strangely). The company forced me to use the Novell stack (it
was 'free' to us). I only had to go to Mountain View twice to teach
them what they had to do to really get TCP/IP working and to ease them
away for IPX (yuck).
Ah, the early days. Well earlier than now!
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