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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: IS IBM UK STILL IN THE STONE AGE???
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.213438.10795@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Followup-To: comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <714913121.20822@minster.york.ac.uk> <1992Aug28.180020.17109@microsoft.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 21:34:38 GMT
- Lines: 50
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- Please do not crosspost in the OS/2 hierarchy -- pick one newsgroup
- and stick with it. Note the Followup line.
-
- In article <1992Aug28.180020.17109@microsoft.com> philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- >>> It seems that there are a number of users using AMIPRO V2.0,
- >>> running under WIN/OS2 that have not encountered any problems.
- >>> I can only advise you to run the software on an IBM machine to
- >>> ascertain whether or not there is a fault with Hardware instead
- >>> of Software.
- > OK, please don't interpret this as a bash on IBM, as Microsoft
- >corporate policy, or as anything more than a gut reaction to reading
- >this text.
- > This really gives me the willies. Is IBM only going to support
- >OS/2 on IBM hardware? And, if so, what would be the implications if
- >OS/2 were to dominate the PC operating system market?
-
- No, Phil. Just yesterday IBM air expressed a private patch to me to
- see if it would fix some minor video problems I had reported (after at
- least three phone calls from the developer responsible for that
- section of OS/2 code, who went through everything step-by-step). The
- diskette was hand labelled and included the IBMer's direct telephone
- number.
-
- The hardware they were trying to get OS/2 2.0 to work better with? A
- 512K Trident 8900C SuperVGA adapter.
-
- Incidently, the problem has been fixed and will be in the first CSD so
- that everyone else will benefit.
-
- The only other major company I've had such positive experiences with
- was WordPerfect Corp. Years ago I was one of the first using their
- Apple //e version of WordPerfect. It had a problem with my Stacker
- hard drive. On their dime I talked through the problem, and a couple
- days later a new set of diskettes arrived on my doorstep. They had
- recompiled WordPerfect for my benefit -- the file dates were a day or
- two earlier -- and whatever change they made did indeed fix the
- problem.
-
- Now, IBM UK may have dropped the ball on this one, but, generally, IBM
- USA has been extremely helpful, at least in my experience.
-
- (I do still have some criticisms on IBM's support, notably that
- sometimes it is a bit too difficult to work through the front line
- bureaucracy.)
-
- --
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