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Date: 25 Mar 91 08:13:04 GMT
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In article <9103250340.AA23380@lilac.berkeley.edu> BITNIC IBM-NETS List <IBM-NETS%BITNIC.BITNET@lilac.berkeley.edu> writes:
>
>> From IBM announcement letter 290-589:
>>
>>           STATEMENT OF GENERAL DIRECTION
>>           It is IBM's intention to provide Network Computing System (NCS (1)),
>>           Kerberos, REXEC and LPR/LPD support in the TCP/IP MVS environment.
>>           Announcement of this capability will be based on IBM's
>>           business and technical judgement.
>
>What is this supposed to mean? Is IBM announcing it or will they announce
>if their 'business and technical judgement' so indicates?

This is not an announcement of LPR/LPD; rather, it says that IBM
intends to announce such function.  The "business and technical
judgement" phrase is boilerplate, always included in a "statment of
intent".  IBM intends to announce LPR/LPD, but something unforeseen
might happen to change IBM's mind.


Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center 
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