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- From: Doug.Kushner@emdisle.FIDONET.ORG (Doug Kushner)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl
- Message-ID: <219.2B40D1F6@emdisle.FIDONET.ORG>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 14:06:00 PDT
- Organization: The Emerald Isle BBS, Tucson, AZ (602) 749-8638
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- n article <Bzs0nG.6uu@unx.sas.com>,
- sasghw@pica.unx.sas.com (Greg Wust) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec24.145156.7787@panix.com>,
- > os2man@panix.com (Larry Salomon Jr.) writes:
- > |> In <697@riscy.simplot.com> rshelley@riscy.simplot.com
- > |> (Robert Shelley) writes:
- > |>
- > |> >Of course, but, that means OS Bowl 1 would be:
- > |> > OS/2 v DOS
- > |>
- > |> >That isn't fair though, when dos passed the ball, all
- > |> >the players would stop! When the center hiked the ball
- > |> >for that matter!
- > |>
- > |> A friend of mine said she heard on the radio that IBM signed a contract to
- > |> allow them to sponsor some major TV event. I am almost sure that it was a
- > |> sporting event. Can someone confirm this?
- > |>
- > |> If this is true, there would be a *definate* opportunity
- > |> for OS/2 commercials
- > |> (and maybe they won't put any insomnia cures out of business).
- > |>
- >
- > Yes - this is true. But, IBM's size does them in again. Seems they
- > started in contract negotiations over a year ago when Arizona was going
- > to vote on the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday which caused them the loss
- > of the SuperBowl. I guess IBM assumed it would either pass this time
- > or would not affect college's. BUT, the referendum was voted down so
- > Arizona does not have a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and because of it,
- > no colleges will sign up except little dunks like Arkansas Central U or
- > some odd one.
- > --
- > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
- > Greg Wust SAS Institute Inc
- > Publications Programmer SAS Campus Drive, Cary NC 27513
- > sasghw@unx.sas.com x7012 919-677-8000
- > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Sorry, but you are wrong. Arizona is the only state that has a
- Martin Luther King holiday that was instituted by popular vote of the
- people. Happened this past November.
-
-
- -Doug
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