Re: Windoze 95 GIVES YOU CANCER

[Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Sun, 27 Oct 1996 01:09:45 -0500 (EST)
** Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Sun, 27 Oct 1996 01:09:45 -0500 (EST)

> I've never entered the lists in the OS battles, but I second RT's
> description of IBM, and I don't think XyWriters should ever forgive them.
> They bankrupted XyQuest. XyQuest was a very customer-friendly company.

Where _do_ you get your information? This is rank nonsense. XyQuest was
completely moribund. There was no income. The staff had been cut to a
skeleton crew. IBM offered XyQuest a miraculous chance to survive, and
XyQuest took that chance. IBM then funded the development of a superior,
new generation, WYSIWYG product (Sig==Xy4), which was subsequently ported
(with few feature enhancements) to Windows. Without IBM's sustenance, we
might still be stuck with v3.5x and -- most likely -- just plain dead.
Sure, IBM's withdrawal was bitterly disappointing. But in hindsight,
it's obvious that the association with IBM prolonged the life of XyQuest,
and generated an asset of sufficient value to attract an outside investor.


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Robert Holmgren
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