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   Roger Nelson to Mark Hofmann   
   D'Bridge 3.99/SR32 released and avai   
   17 Jul 18 08:32:38   
   
   On Sun Jul-15-2018 16:10, Mark Hofmann (1:261/1304) wrote to Matt Munson:   
      
   MM> I think they have to pay ibm licencing fees likely 30-40 bucks a seat and   
   MM> also pay for device driver coders.   
      
    MH> If that is the case, IBM didn't really sell OS/2 (completely).  It   
    MH> wouldn't be the first blunder from IBM..     
      
    MH> I seem to remember them giving away DOS to a couple of kids coding    
    MH> in their garage that later became Microsoft.. :)    
      
   Not true.   
      
   I was willing to help out with some paths to sources that still run OS/2 or   
   its variants successfully, but I have to draw the line somewhere because this   
   whole thread is off topic.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Roger    
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+ Shirley Talley   
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