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From: "Frank J. Lhota" <NOSPAM.FrankLho@rcn.com>
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> I may be wrong but from what I understand Mr. Bill Gates has an IBM VIP
> uncle.
> I'm not saying Mr. Gates doesn't work hard or doesn't work smart.  I'm
> just saying he has great connections.
> Good for him.
>
> IMHO I perceive it more as "David and UNCLE Goliath" :)

I think it's time to move this thread to a history of computing NG.

In the first years of the IBM/PC, IBM and Microsoft were indeed partners. It
was this partnership that produced MS-DOS as the standard OS for IBM's first
personal computer. Originally, OS/2 was a joint IBM / MS venture. When OS/2
version 1.x tanked, it created a rift between the two companies. IBM still
saw OS/2 as the wave of the future, but Microsoft wanted to drop it and base
its new operating systems on Windows. For better or worse, the MS approach
won out.

In recent years, IBM seems to have lost interest in OS/2 -- hopefully,
they'll make OS/2 open source. Now they are enthusiastically backing Linux.
Given that, it does not sound like IBM is trying to rekindle a Microsoft
partnership.