Re: Old word processors

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From: Quadibloc
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:04

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On Sunday, March 18, 2018 at 12:48:05 PM UTC-6, Lynn Wheeler wrote:

> In June 1991, Wang started reselling IBM computers, in exchange for IBM
> investing in Wang stock. Wang hardware strategy to re-sell IBM RS/6000s
> also included further pursuit of UNIX software.

Recently, I learned about the Wang VS systems, which resembled the IBM 360 
mainframe, although they were not identical. I wonder if this had something to 
do with Wang being accepted as an IBM reseller - or, in fact, with them becoming 
interested in becoming a reseller, since in this way they could make money from 
their existing customer base without designing new computers.

John Savard

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