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Subject: Re: Report bugs to IBM
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Date: 18 Aug 90 15:23:21 GMT
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I couldn't agree more. We need IBM guys to answer our questions
and have them on the network in addition to "Software defect support"
group. This opinion was strongly voiced during the
"AIX is UNIX" seminar at Colorado State University.
Several users mentioned this during
the seminar of Rober Q. Cordell II (he is a manager of
Compiler Development group at Austin Texas).
This was organized by our local (university) IBM support group.
I am glad to report that he was very sympathetic to the idea,
but he mentioned that IBM have internal (lawyers) problems of full
access to the Internet and these are only very recently being resolved.
But, he even inquired if we would like to have
access to the anonymous FTP login at IBM  with AIX examples,
and "IBM Link"  type reports (this during the private conversation).
He was aware about AIX bashing on the net and need for
the fast IBM response to user software problems. 


Some gossip from this seminar:

1. They work on FORTRAN 90
2. They work on parallel FORTRAN
3. The upgrade to AIX 3.1 is coming in the fall
4. The AIX 3.2 sometimes within 6 months
5. Some rumor about IBM9000 ?!
6. There is a chance that IBM will distribute GNU Emacs again, 
 evidently the whole problem is related to 50 lines of code.
7. They, at Austin, wear jeans! Imagine that.