[CTS] Re: why Free Software matters
- From: "Russ Blakeman" <rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <computertalkshop@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 23:29:15 -0500
Crap, typist must die - should be 10% not 105.
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> [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Russ Blakeman
> Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 11:28 PM
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> Subject: [CTS] Re: why Free Software matters
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> [excerpted] "Do you know how many banks out there are still
> running OS/2? "
>
> I know of and service 5, but most are even worse than this running
> mainframes, minicomputers and midrange and most of their
> individual stations
> are serial or ethernet video data terminals rather than PCs. I
> just recabled
> some damaged twinaxial at a bank that is one of the more well known names,
> they use a large sized AS/400 midrange with all VDTs except for a
> couple of
> task-related RS6000 machines running AIX and 105 of the total are PCs with
> things like Win 98se and 5250 emulator cards so that they can access the
> internet and still function as an ASCII or ANSI VDT. Heck one larger
> corporation that I do work for still has VAX functional.
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:computertalkshop-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Madden
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 11:06 PM
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> > Subject: [CTS] why Free Software matters
> >
> >
> > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=6710
> >
> > Enjoy MP3's, while you've got 'em!
> >
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