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[Brian Morrison]

On Wed, 24 May 2000 08:43:24 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:

>Wednesday, May 24, 2000, 8:25:20 AM, Brian wrote:
>> What they announced was an end to support that involves reporting a bug
>> and getting a fix for free. Fix packs will still appear, it's just that
>> the input into that process will come from those that pay for support.
>
>> I concede that that isn't much use when your consumer kit device driver
>> is broken.
>
>"An IBM spokesman said there will be no more 'fixpacks' for client software
>after 31 January 2001, and for servers after 31 May 2001. Updates for
>Workspace On Demand will cease on 31 January 2002. Support will continue in
>what IBM called "special-bid, fee-based service extension, and total content
>offering defect support for selected OS/2 products and components".
>
>    Uhm, no.  It said that fix packs will no longer appear, period.  Not that
>they will continue to appear but only people who pay can report bugs.  No more
>fix packs.
>
>"IBM wants its customers to deploy ebusiness technology applications
>concurrently with existing OS/2 applications until platform neutrality has
>been achieved, and then change the operating system," said the spokesman.
>
>    I think that quote is also pretty telling.  "Deploy something else."

I've seen a lot of disagreement about this in c.o.os2.* Steve, but I
was pretty sure that what you quote may have been someone's spin on
what IBM really said. Software Choice subscriptions will be valid after
that date, so it rather suggests that fixes will appear in one way or
another.

I wish someone authoritative would put this in words of one syllable,
I'm not clear on exactly what is expected and I have been following the
argument.

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Brian Morrison                                  bdm@fenrir.demon.co.uk
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