Re: OS/2 question (Mike's commentary)

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From: letoured_at_together.net
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 19:32:23 EDT


In <200209111635.MAA27450_at_cs.utk.edu>, on 09/11/02
   at 11:35 PM, "Dr. Jeffrey Race" <jrace_at_attglobal.net> said:

>My statements about OS/2 and eCS were made to the best of
>my knowledge with no intent to deceive anyone, just to try
>to offer a possible option to someone who was asking for ideas. I am not an
>eCS representative but an intending user. I have the package but have not
>opened it yet so cannot comment on what
>is in it or its limitations or restrictions; however I have
>met the firm's principals at a professional conference, and
>corresponded with them privately, and nothing seems amiss in
>that limited regard. They are plausible professionals with
>serious backgrounds, focussing on a special niche market.
>Many OS/2 users seem to be using eCS now and I am keen to
>try it out myself to determine its suitability to my purposes.

>I am puzzled that Mike states "In an earlier message Jeffrey you stated
>that Serenity Sytems purchased the OS/2 Kernel from IBM. This is entirely
>false . . . "

>My log file records the following text of my outgoing message:

> "IBM has licensed the kernel to Serenity Systems"

>I made this statement, which I believe to be true, based on
>an explanation from Kim Cheung at Warpstock last year.

>Jeffrey Race

Kin Cheung and his parter have a history of telling tails that ater prove to
be different from what was said.

>On Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:59:09 -0700 (PDT), Mike Ryan wrote
>(at some length, snipped here):

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