Moderator: Trevor Smith (
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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 (
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"
Source: Warpcast