Re: Time to produce EV79s!

From: FredK (fred.nospam_at_nospam.dec.com)
Date: 10/05/05 

Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 02:51:20 GMT

Don't know your source of information, but it is rubbish. I know for
a *fact* about several attempts to buy VMS... none of which was IBM.

<bob@instantwhip.com> wrote in message
news:18G0f.584$R62.490@news-virt.s-kddi1.home.ne.jp...
> being your usual fool Bill, you forgot that our
> good friend Robert Palmer offered both vms and
> alpha to everyone, but no takers ... I posted a
> letter here in the spring or last year from IBM
> that said IBM views vms as outdated and obsolete!
>
> now either IBM has NIH syndrome or they are the
> dummest company on the planet ... which one is it?
>
>

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