[arachne] Re: OWNERSHIP OF PCDOS7-2000

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Wiz,

No sense wading thru a huge site, looking for a needle in a haystack.

Google "Lenovo PC-DOS" and you'll find all sorts of interesting stuff.
Drivers. Downloads. Official manuals. I don't know what all is there.
Tons of stuff. Check it out.

Sam Ewalt



Glenn Gilbreath Jr. said:
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> Interesting Brian...by the way, what response, if any, did you receive
> from Lenovo?  Did you notice the web form is hosted at IBMs site, or was
> in 2006.
> I visited the Lenovo site using this BlackJack PDA, but it was not PDA
> friendly, a huge web site, but no place was seen for inquiry into PC DOS.
> There was a mention of a free version, albeit Chinese, on Wikipedia...at
> IBMs ftp site.  Perhaps IBM has some financial interst in Lenovo?
> Anyway, no known updates to PC DOS since those for "Y2K" issues.
> CU L8R!
> Wiz  <{;-)
>
> Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Brian C. Murphy" <BCMURPHY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "WIZ" <ARACHNE@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: 6/22/2008 11:40 PM
> Subject: [arachne] OWNERSHIP OF PCDOS7-2000
>
> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
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> WIZ: After our brief conversation about ownership of PCDOS7-2000, I
> wanted to make sure of my facts.  It is definitely owned by LENOVO.
>
>
> Following is a copy of a letter to me from IBM substantiating that fact
> Brian Murphy
> BCMURPHY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ===========================================================================Date:
> Wed, 16 Apr 03 00:40:17 MDT
> From: canada_intnet.ibm.com
> To: 110271.3632ompuserve.com
>
> Subject: Your inquiry to IBM
> Date:    20-Jul-06 at 09:43
> From:    Joe Parzych, INTERNET:parzychs.ibm.com
>
> TO: bcmurphy
>
> July 20, 2006
>
> Re: Proposal to support and upgrade the PCDOS Operating System for the PC
>       ES 11655
>
> Dear Mr. Murphy:
> Thank you for your correspondence dated July 12, 2006, regarding the
> referenced proposal which would be more appropriately considered by
> Lenovo.
>
>
>  In May 2005, Lenovo Group Limited, an international technology company,
>
>  acquired the IBM personal computing division. Lenovo offers customers
>
>  ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops, as well as ThinkVision
>
>  monitors and a full line of PC accessories and options.
>
>
>
>  Please make your electronic submission to Lenovo using the following URL:
>
>
> https://www-306.ibm.com/contact/submissions/extsub.nsf/LenovoBusinessPropos
> al
>
> Thank you for your interest in IBM and Lenovo.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Joe Parzych
> IBM External Submissions
> 203-486-5625
>
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