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- From: dleland@dante.nmsu.edu (LELAND)
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11/92 Computer Chronicles
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.064738.12012@nmsu.edu>
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- Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 06:47:38 GMT
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- papresco@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul Prescod) writes:
- >In fact, if anyone was borrowed from it was the Mac, that was real
- >competition for IBM machines. Nobody at IBM has ever, or will ever,
- >even notice the Amiga exists as far as competition or innovation goes.
-
- Not so! I did a 6 month internship at IBM a few years ago. IBM has their
- own propriotary sort of Internet (they are very paranoid about people getting
- access to bitnet, internet, ect). IBM maintained, and I believe still maintains,
- an Amiga discussion on their network. Yes you heard right, an Amiga discussion
- at IBM!!!!
-
- I can't say anything that was actually said on such discussion, but suffice
- it to say there was a lot of "why can't we do that?" and "how can they do that?"
- on it, particularly from guys who worked on OS/2.
-
- Oh yes, IBM is vey aware of the Amiga, or at least their engineers sure are.
-
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- dleland@nmsu.edu
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