[WarpCast] IPv6 and OS/2 - 10/28/00




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Source: David Dousette (david.dousette@mailandnews.com)
Moderator: Trevor Smith (feedback@warpcast.com)
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I recently saw this article: 

  http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2000/1023ipv6.html 

which had a blurb about Sue Horn, the person at IBM responsible for
rolling out IPv6 support. Several of their operating systems were
listed, but not OS/2 or even WSeB. So I sent her an email asking
about this, and here's what I got as a response:

 "David,

 Thank you for your inquiry. As I've said, IBM is assessing 
 IPv6 from an end-to-end view, as part of our overall e-
 business initiative. In addition to already available 
 operating system support, we will provide additional
 support as appropriate based on market demand and customer 
 needs. We have worked closely with many of our customers 
 worldwide to determine what features, functions, and 
 services are required as they make the transformation to 
 becoming an e-business. We have based our plans on their
 feedback and their future plans for OS/2. Given IPv6 
 deployment dates, our OS/2 customers have indicated that 
 they will not have a strong need for this support. As a 
 result, IBM currently does not plan to offer IPv6 on
 OS/2 Warp 4 nor on OS/2 Warp Server for e-business.

 We appreciate your continued use of IBM software. If you 
 or your company has further interest in discussing IPv6 
 support for OS/2 Warp 4 or OS/2 Warp Server for e-business, 
 IBM would welcome a discussion to determine whether this 
 work could be done by our consulting group on a for fee
 contract basis. Lloyd Stearns (lstearns@us.ibm.com), in 
 our OS/2 consulting group, would be an appropriate contact.

 Thank you,

 Sue Horn
 Vice President, WebSphere Foundation Extensions 
 Development, Director of
 the Raleigh Lab and
 SWG RTP Site Executive"

 
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