[ltp] IBM to sells its PC buisness update

[Bob Alexander]

Dear friends,
of course I was just expressing my personal opinion on the interest of 
this thread.

I guess I might want to explain better my thoughts in this hostile 
language (English that is) :)

I work in IBM since 1986 and have proudly owned AT LEAST (hoping my 
memory serves me well) the following IBM PCs (not counting workstation 
and/or mainframes I work with of course):

IBM PC (one 5.25 floppy 640 RAM)
IBM PC XT (WOW my first HDD)
IBM PC AT (WOW my first 386)
.... memory jumping ....
Thinkpad 360
Thinkpad 390
Thinkpad 600
Thinkpad T21
Thinkpad T22
Thinkpad T30
Thinkpad T40

So believe me I do care A LOT for IBM's future and it's sweet line of 
black gems :)

The reason for I tried to call for a reduction of this thread was just 
because of the following thoughts:

1) My 18 years in the company thaught me that it is FAR BETTER to reason 
on FACTS than speculate on rumours
2) Google will throw in the face of interested parties TONS of the latter
3) Have no doubts on the corporate image and legal considerations which 
will ensure proper assistance to current owners

Of course just my two cents and I never think that people with different 
ideas are always wrong :)

Happy reading to all,
Bob

PS I will personally filter this thread now.

Michael Z Daryabeygi wrote:

> Winsley von Spee wrote:
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>> I just thought someone someone perhaps founds it interesting. If you
>> don't just write your own filter ......
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>> Greetz
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> I'm still finding the thread interesting.
> I think OT is a good thing in general, but that this is only barely OT 
> anyway.
> I never understand people who seem to think there is a limit to list 
> bandwidth.
> So post away I say.
>
> Good Morning Silicon Valley says that the deal with Lanova is imminent 
> today.
> Also that it is not a a sale but the founding of a dual branded joint 
> venture in which IBM will only hold a minority stake.
> The Apple rumors are aparently purely rumor.
> Do people instal linux on Macs?
> Does Darwin BSD come with GNU utilities?
> I have a one-buton mouse phobia.
>
> Please use your delete key before you tell me to STFW.
> thanks