>IMHO the announcement is quite irrelevant. The OP was concerned about his equipment going obsolete. I was trying to point out that it's not a great concern.
Also, you'll find that in North America, obsolete equipment/software is relevant. There's a different economic dynamic, in most cases. As a matter of fact, one of the reasons I was hired was to lead projects to get the company off of obsolete 'stuff'. So, in Europe, I believe you don't turn around equipment and software as quickly as we do. - -teD I’m an enthusiastic proselytiser of the universal panacea I believe in! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html