Mike Hammock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For a while in the mid-late 80's I was in IBM's "Academic Information >Systems" which contracted with universities to do research, development, >testing and such. One of those universities was Waterloo and I made a >number of trips up there related to several products, working with both >WATCOM and the University's CSG. Just this evening i had some coffee in a >mug that has the IBM, CSG and Waterloo logos. Thee were some very >interesting and talented people up there but I think the political >relationships and even competition between UW's CSG and WATCOM ultimately >worked against them.
True. But a huge factor was also that just after I left, a new Provost came in who hated IBM. Universities are no more immune to dumb decisions than businesses -- less so, in fact, since there's no "profitability" factor to consider. A few years later, IBM hardware was all but dead at the U. Through dumb luck, I seem to have left at just the right time. Of course, being a University, most of those talented people are still there, just doing different things! ...phsiii
