jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) (02/16/90)
There is no indication that IBM has any intention of
upgrading AIX on the RT to anything approaching the features
of AIX 3.1 on the new Series 6000 machines. There _is_ a lot
of hinting that the RT is destined for history's trashcan.
One excerpt from the Official Announcement:
"an RT Migration Assistance Program is available to help
protect current RT system investments. For RT Systems
purchased between Jan. 1, 1989 and June 30, 1990, IBM,
for a limited time, is offering migration assistance trade-in
credit on a one-for-one basis to customers who want to
migrate from the RT system to a RISC System/6000 POWERStation
or POWERServer."
I'd like to talk to the brain-dead IBM marketeer that thought
up this insult. Those customers who supported IBM RTs during the
1985-1988 years are shut-out completely. Of course, they don't mention
what kind of trade-in credit these recent purchasers get.....
Any IBM employee care to comment?
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In article <1133@gort.cs.utexas.edu> jason@cs.utexas.edu (Jason Martin Levitt) writes: > > I'd like to talk to the brain-dead IBM marketeer that thought >up this insult. Those customers who supported IBM RTs during the >1985-1988 years are shut-out completely. Of course, they don't mention >what kind of trade-in credit these recent purchasers get..... > I can't resist following up my own posting. It's admirable of IBM to openly admit they blew it with the RT. It's unconscionable of them to imply that the _RT customers_ blew it by purchasing the machines! In case anyone thinks this is sour grapes, I'd like to point out that I've never purchased RT hardware. --Jason ----- Jason Martin Levitt P.O. Box 49860 Austin, Texas 78765 (512) 459-0055 Internet: jason@cs.utexas.edu | "The most effective debugging tool is UUCP : cs.utexas.edu!hackbox!jason | still careful thought, coupled with BIX : jlevitt | judiciously placed print statements." | -Brian Kernighan [1978]