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To: rudedog who wrote (4296)	11/30/1998 2:27:00 PM
From: George W Daly, Jr.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8218

How about close involvement with the (former) RS6000 team in Austin? Any thoughts as to why IBM shut down that group and cancelled many of the programs? That's not ancient history... Well, uhh, I work in that group here in Austin and thats news to me. Should I be worried ? <G> We have lots of development going on from desktops to super computers. They did move our manufacturing line to Rochester, Minnesota a couple years ago if thats perhaps what you are referring to. And it has also been publicized that we are striving to have a common hardware platform with AS/400 to keep hardware development costs down, but the OSes will remain separate. So it is true that the product plan is more streamlined and focused than it has been in the past, and thats good, but its no less broad in covering the entire range of the server market as well as some targeted high end workstation business in the client market. As for AIX, they are currently hiring people to help with the port to Merced and follow-ons. No cancellation in site there either. Sorry.. GWD

To: rudedog who wrote (4296)	11/30/1998 2:57:00 PM
From: ToySoldier	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 8218

I will check with my sources to get their opinion as to the AIX future. Maybe you are right although it would be a very big secret within IBM if they have plans to phase out AIX. The evidence that they are phasing out AIX would be that IBM would have some Solaris code running on RS/6000. But maybe they have even kept that behind closed doors. It would be a very big secret. Not only that - I would think it would be a huge mistake because the customers would abandon the RS/6000 as a hardware platform and move en-masse to the SUN hardware. WHY, because as a customer I would say to myself, "If IBM is dropping their AIX support on the RS/6000, how much confidence would I have in investing in RS/6000 for Solaris? - I would rather commit to a Risc platform that is being supported by an OS." It would be a huge market strategy mistake Rude! The death of the RS/6000 would be right behind the death of AIX. I'm sorry, I just cant believe that IBM would make such a huge marketing mistake. But I will check. Toy