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From: larrys@watson.ibm.com
Subject: Re: Re^2: Adaptec SCSI and OS/2
Message-ID: <1991May17.180343.20056@watson.ibm.com>
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Date: Fri, 17 May 91 13:49:44

In <10837@orca.wv.tek.com>, dougc@squid.WV.TEK.COM writes:
>Regardless of your disclaimer, you *are* speaking in behalf of IBM. Given
>the efforts that IBM is making to regain it's technical credibility, I don't
>think they would appreciate you pushing them back into the mainframe
>mentality days.
>
>This kind of response does not belong here, try venting your OS/2 frustrations
>in alt.flame instead.
>
>Regards, Doug.

:flame.
Okay, Doug.  Just for you, I will state FOR THE RECORD that I do not,
never intended to, and will not speak for IBM.  I never claimed to, and I
don't expect you or anyone else to misconstrue my postings as such.
Indeed, if I were speaking for IBM, or even if any IBM management (and
this newsgroup is shadowed internally) THOUGHT I was speaking for IBM, I
would have had my Internet access revoked (or worse, fired) a long time
ago.

If you intend to ignore such blatant disclaimers, then I suggest you
complain to someone who is intimidated by such prate.  ;)

Additionally, I have ALSO put in my disclaimer that I am very obnoxious.
Let me make that clear...

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    ###     ####### ###   ###   ###    OBNOXIOUS!  (Get the picture? ;)

Please look up the word obnoxious and read it aloud 5 times.  My
obnoxiousness, as well as my emotional responses to various postings, is
that of a calculated nature.  Sometimes, people need a slap in the face
to wake up to reality.

:reality.
OS/2 is *NOT* a system that will write your programs for you!  To make
matters worse, GUI programming adds to the complexity of the problem.
So, if you want to write a PM application, expect to do some work.
However, by utilitizing the comp.os.os2.programmer newsgroup to your
advantage, you will find that there are a lot of other people who have
encountered the same or similar problems and have a solution or
workaround to suit your needs.
:ereality.

My feelings are not OS/2 frustrations, but instead frustrations dealing
with Unix programmers who insist that Galileo was wrong and the universe
revolves around them.  If someone is going to give up simply because
(s)he cannot get their application to work like they want it to then they
shouldn't be programming.  Period.
:eflame.

ObOS/2:  Printing is a hassle, and printing images (e.g. bitmaps) is even
worse.  Upcoming in either my next seminar or the one following is the
end of the printing blues for application programmers.

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

Disclaimer:  The statements and/or opinions stated above are strictly my
own and do not reflect the views of my employer.  Additionally, I have a
reputation for being obnoxious, so don't take any personal attacks too
seriously.