Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!peregrine!ccicpg!felix!dhw68k!david From: david@dhw68k.cts.com (David H. Wolfskill) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: O'pain Software Foundation: (2) Why is it better than AT&T? Summary: Give the Devil his due: IBM markets well -- perhaps too well Message-ID: <8502@dhw68k.cts.com> Date: 31 May 88 12:49:16 GMT References: <5412@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <3166@pdn.UUCP> <3c3a336e.13422@apollo.uucp> <685@vsi.UUCP> <700@cernvax.UUCP> Reply-To: david@dhw68k.cts.com (David H. Wolfskill) Organization: Wolfskill residence; Anaheim, CA (USA) Lines: 25 In article <700@cernvax.UUCP> lid@cernvax.UUCP (Achille Petrilli) writes: >.... >There is no reason to fear IBM or DEC, the market is asking for Unix >and the market will decide what is going to win, just wait and see. Well, "fear" may or may not be appropriate, but a large dose of concern would seem reasonable (from my perspective). I work on an IBM mainframe (running MVS/XA, which I am paid to support); I retreat to UNIX here at home.... (Make of that what you will.... :-) I perceive a few things about IBM's actions in the past that lead me to believe that IBM is very good at marketing things to the people who make the $$ decisions. Unfortunately, I also perceive that some of their more successful marketing efforts have been dismal from a technical standpoint; as an illustration of this, I point out the s/36. IBM has a considerable capability to do marvelous things; if they live up to that potential, I hope that I will be one of the first to congratulate them -- but I'm not expecting it. david -- David H. Wolfskill uucp: ...{trwrb,hplabs}!felix!dhw68k!david InterNet: david@dhw68k.cts.com