[rescue] Personal Progressions

[Julius Sridhar]

On Sat, 9 Feb 2002 s at avoidant.org wrote:

> > > Err, we were talking about an old Peecee.  Thus, it isn't such a stupid
> > > question.
> >
> > It's not even close to being your average everyday piece-o-shit PC.
>
>
> Indeed not. PS/2's rocked for the day. IBM was way ahead on this even
> considering the x86 processor. Just cuz the world wasn't ready to catch
> the MCA bus... It was 32-bit on the desktop.
>
> Personally, I blame IBM for the failure of the technology, as I do for
> the death of OS/2 and AIX. IBM doesn't market its products, it markets
> itself. And as long as you know IBM's there, and working, it doesn't
> matter if it's AIX or Linux. Not to IBM anyway. I remember exactly one
> television commercial for OS/2 in my entire life. Lots of IBM ads for
> the Olympics a few years ago though, weren't there? And the deals to
> sell Windows on IBM peecees? What the hell was that? I have to admit,
> their philosophy worked in reverse on me. I think the company's a bunch
> of fucking suits who make just happen to make fantastic hardware and
> software.

Once upon a time, one of the college football Bowl games was called, "The
IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl."  That kicks ass.

Peace...  Sridhar