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From: timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Super VGA drivers for OS/2, and more news of OS/2 2.0
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Date: 1 May 91 12:53:22 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.232122.4699@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
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In article <1991Apr30.232122.4699@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) writes:
>As for the Beta release of OS/2 2.0 being available for the general
>public, first IBM said they would, then they said they wouldn't, and
>now there's a really big ruckus going on with people inside saying
>"oh great, first we promise the moon and then say 'maybe later'; if
>we keep this up we're not going to do very well convincing our
>customers that we're serious about change."  But it seems someone
>(lawyers?) is concerned about the little bits of Microsoft code still
>lying around, and does IBM have the right to give it away?  (Even

Wayne,

Assuming that IBM and Microsoft come to an agreement, and IBM decides
to resume distribution of the Beta version on their BBS, do you think
IBM will allow the code to be posted on an ftp site?

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