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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Rumor: IBM out of hardware business????
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.224615.29703@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <1jpjabINNlsh@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:46:15 GMT
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- In article <1jpjabINNlsh@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> twong@civil.ubc.ca (Thomas Wong) writes:
- >There has been a rumor around this here part that IBM made an official
- >announcement on Fidonet that they are dropping out of the hardware
- >business. I don't have Fidonet access and can't confirm this. Anyone
- >have such access and seen this announcement out there?? No more PS/1,
- >PS/2? The end of their clone line only fater being out for a couple of
- >months? Any clarifications? IBM, are you out there reading Usenet?
-
- Sorry -- the rumor is false.
-
- The PS/1s, ThinkPads, and ValuePoints are all wildly successful, and
- PS/2 sales have held steady (meaning the new lines haven't come at the
- expense of the premium systems).
-
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