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- From: heitkamp@ibm.net (Frederick V. Heitkamp)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: IBM Drops support for OS2 does this mean the ppc chip is an orphan
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 11:55:17 GMT
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- Michael Kraemer (kraemer@clri6a.gsi.de) wrote:
- : In article <4ejftk$99a@kdcol.kdcol.com>, maverick@kdcol.kdcol.com (Kerry Hales) writes:
- : > whurc (whurc@shore.net) wrote:
- : > : Mac is in serious trouble and IBM is dropping OS2 its ppc os so
- : > : me thinks the ppc chip may not have a bright future after all.
- : > : Me thinks the nerds who wanted the HP chip were right now.
- : > : PPc is the road to amiga Oblivion. help I'm drowning.....
- : > OS2 and PPC are two different divisions, so they really don't have anything to do
- : > with each other. IBM has dumped many dollars into PPC with Apple and Motorola.
- : > I think they are slow to market the PPC, but I don't think they are out of the PPC
- : > contract yet.
- : >
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- : This whole "IBM drops OS/2 for PPC" stuff is another example of crazy rumours
- : that grow wilder each day without any substantial truth in it.
- : I'm also sneaking into the OS/2 newsgroup from time to time,
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- It appears that IBM is positioning OS/2 to compete more directly with NT,
- probably for the servr market. The OS/2 version for PPC supposedly uses
- the new IBM microkernel. The microkernel is portable to
- many processors; MIPS , INTEL, PPC, ALPHA, etc.
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- : the truth is that IBM is shipping a version of OS/2 for PPC now, admittedly
- : on a low profile. Why they don't shout it out is beyond me. However, they
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- I think IBM are going to market to the pro/business market as a solution.
- It will be there if you need it, but they are not going to market it to
- the consumer like Windows 95 for example.
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- Fred Heitkamp
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