26 May
2000
26 May
'00
9:43 p.m.
My neatest memory regarding OS/2 is of seeing a demonstration
on 'Computer Chronicles' all the way back in 1987-88.
It was more than a decent, polished demo of multitasking and
enterprise apps. The wild thing about it was that the point
man seen on the air was Lee Reiswig himself, who I found out
later was at the executive level.
If you watched Computer Chronicles very much you knew that
unless it was a 10-50 man company the demonstrator was
always a tech or sales guy. For IBM to send a VP, and for
the Demo to have worked as well as it did really made it
stand out in the context of that show.
Lee got my respect for being more than just a title
for that. (A little like, but better, watching Alex
Trotman change oil on Michael Moore's 'TV Nation')
John A.