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Lou's response to the NYT
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ASIMPSON@BOSTON.VNET.IBM.COM)
Wed Aug 2 16:46:02 1995
From: ASIMPSON@BOSTON.VNET.IBM.COM
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 95 16:43:35 EDT
To: os2partners@MIT.EDU
> New York Times Article Regarding OS/2
> August 1, 1995
>
> In today's edition of The New York Times, there was an article that
> misinterpreted statements regarding OS/2 I had made at a meeting with
> securities analysts yesterday.
>
> My statements were regarding the fact that OS/2 is the market leader in
> enterprise and commercial accounts and that IBM's primary OS/2 focus is
> to maintain that leadership. The consumer and stand-alone desktop
> markets for OS/2 are growing but are secondary to our emphasis on robust
> line-of-business client/server applications for our enterprise
> customers.
>
> OS/2 is one of the cornerstones of the IBM software strategy. We
> remain committed to its success.
>
> Louis V. Gerstner
NYT got it wrong. I refer you to the Wall Street Journal's article of
the same day for a sensationalistic and more realistic coverage of the
call. Any questions pleasecontact me. Full text of meeting is
available if requested.
