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From: tim@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Timothy L. Kay)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: (IBM bashing)
Message-ID: <3519@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu>
Date: Thu, 6-Aug-87 22:49:14 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  6 22:49:14 1987
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Reply-To: tim@cit-vax.UUCP (Timothy L. Kay)
Organization: California Institute of Technology
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Summary: Has IBM ever written a good software package?

gerard@tscs.UUCP (system administrator) writes:
>darrylo@hpsrlc.UUCP writes:
>>madd@bucsb.bu.edu.UUCP (Jim "Jack" Frost) writes:
>>> Now, let's talk about IBM software.  Have you ever seen a really good
>>> software package made by IBM?  I have not.  Ever.  Reviewers often
>>
>>     Actually, a little-known program called "Personal Editor II"
>
>Actually, IBM did not write the Personal Editor, a person by the name of Jim
>Wyllie did.  IBM only distributed it in their Personally Developed Software
>library.  So the quest continues in search of a good program written by IBM :-).

I have been wondering for a long time if anybody who works for IBM ever
wrote a good software package for IBM PCs.

I have actually seen one good PC software package written by IBM, but
it is labelled

	IBM Internal Use Only

I guess they don't mind having good software for themselves, but God
forbid they should write good software for the world to use.

The search continues ...