[pmmail-list] no answer from tech support! :-(

[Carl Gehr]

On Thu, 03 Apr 2003 01:07:26 +0200, Robert Dahlem wrote:

>
>The obsolete and outdated product you are whining about is OS/2: V4.0 
>(Merlin) dates 1996. Nothing really useful from IBM since then.
>
>So get a haircut, get a real job, get another OS. Or: get used to it. 
>The earth is no longer flat.

Sorry, but it is YOU who are 'obsolete' in your view of the world!  Or,
maybe you just have your head in the sand.

Since you are not using OS/2 [a.k.a., WARP or eComStation], you are
obviously very far out of the loop. May be while YOU are getting YOUR
haircut, YOU should do some reading and research.  Just a FEW points
that appear to have passed you by:

* The current level of OS/2 is 4.53.  [Or, if you prefer, it is 4.5
with FixPack 3 added.]  FP3 was just shipped a few months ago.  In
addition, kernel updates are also available for further enhancements. 
eCS 1.1 just went GA in the last month.

* IBM has committed support for OS/2:
    Warp Home Page [How to buy from IBM, etc., but also includes
     the following bullet point:  "* Backed by IBM Support"]
     http://www-3.ibm.com/software/os/warp/
     Another reference includes:  "IBM plans to provide Program
     defect support for OS/2 Warp 4 Convenience Packages and
     for Warp Server for e-business Convenience Packages for
     customers with software subscriptions through
     31 December 2004." 
    Yet another IBM statement:
     "OS/2 will still be available through IBM's licensing program,
     and the IBM spokesman said the company plans to support the 
     OS/2 OS "indefinitely."  For more comments, I refer you to:
       http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,763064,00.asp
       http://marketwatch-cnet.com.com/2100-1001-977087.html
* If you [generic, I know YOU would not be] are looking for 
  device support:
   Device Driver Catalog
    http://www7.software.ibm.com/2bcprod.nsf/WebCat?OpenView

* A couple of references of applications and tools for OS/2
  [Just to dispell the rumor that there are no products and/or
  support for the platform...]
  General Applications, etc.
     http://en.ecomstation.ru/apecs.php
     http://207.109.185.122/night28/dir17.htm
  Java Applications
     http://home.hccnet.nl/rjj.troost/japp4os2.htm

* eComStation Information
   Serenity Systems International
  Ref:  http://www.serenity-systems.com
  They are the company that has the agreement with IBM to enhance and
  extend OS/2.  The resulting product, eComStation, is marketed by
  several companies, including, among others:
  - Prism Data Works in the USA
  - Finnegan Software in Canada
  - mensys in Europe
  Ref:  http://www.serenity-systems.com/ecs/ecs-buy.html

So, Robert, I suggest YOU just go back in your hole until you catch up
with the rest of the world that does not like to deal with a convicted
monopolist, who like to have a system that stays up and is not the
world's magnet for every virus and hacker on the Internet.
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