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From: larrys@watson.ibm.com (Larry Salomon, Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here!!! READ THIS, you'll be impressed.  (was: Emacs)
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Date: 24 Apr 91 13:00:46 GMT
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In <1991Apr22.225729.24613@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>, flusekw@ucs.indiana.edu (WILLIAM FRANKLIN FLUSEK) writes:
>
>Well, here are my two cents on the topic.  I talked to our vender liason on
>campus today and he said that the people that he deals with at IBM said
>that the word in house is that OS/2 2.0 is DONE!  (Is that a convoluted
>statement, or what!)  In a nutshell, the people within IBM have apparently
>gotten notice internally that it is a finished product for all intents and
>purposes.  He was also told that the official public announcement was due
>in the near future.  (Who knows, maybe it will be tomorrow with the
>supposed price cuts on the PS/2 line.)  He also told me that last May (yes,
>May, 1990) he saw a demo of OS/2 with virtually all of the veatures
>mentioned in the postings on this thread.

Tell your campus to get another liason.  He's wrong (as far as I know,
and I'm 99% sure that my information is correct).

Cheers,
Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@eng.clemson.edu
Yorktown Heights, NY

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