Was (1Q98) silence GOLDEN ? Now its 2Q so here's news
IBM shapes Y2K into a marketing opportunity :
techweb.com
In addition to selling new hardware with a Y2K compliant OS , IBM introduces software solutions for "legacy" code:
" Among the new products in its VisualAge 2000 tool line are Millennium Language Extensions, which perform automated date corrections for the initial "find and fix" stages of year 2000 assessment and remediation.
Another new product, Application Testing Collection, helps customers coordinate the scheduling, performance, and evaluation of Cobol, PL/1, and Assembler applications in the testing phase. "
IBM loves testimonials and cleverly uses them with "partners" :
" A product to be marketed with Allstate Insurance is Millennium Date Compression, a tool Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM (company profile) developed with the insurer to correct the date fields in policies of Allstate customers. "
Even wants to "help" MSFT with their "legacy" code :
" A product developed with Belcore, C/C++ Maintenance and Test Tool, is designed to test and debug applications written in C/C++. "
Opts expire next Friday . If its pegged at $105 we should see a avalanche of "good" news AFTER then .
A lead up to Mr. G's 4/28/98 AGM and $125 ?
Jim K. |
