[LMH]Do these guys still own lots of Explorers?

Wed Apr 9 17:22:00 2003

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Paolo Amoroso wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:56:52 -0500, John Morrison wrote:
>
>> www.f**kedcompany.com reported that Swiss Air has stopped flying as of
>> yesterday.
>>
>> http://www.swissair.com/
>>
>> Weren't they supposed to be buying up all the old Explorers?
>
> By the way, who did the hardware and software--i.e. operating system
> fixes--maintenance of all those Explorers? Is there anything similar 
> to the
> current Symbolics Research? Did Swiss Air do all of this in house?
>
> Paolo

I don't know exactly what SwissAir did, but when TI sold DSG
to HP, DSG's service business was part of the deal, and
I know that business continued to support Explorer hw for a while
anyway.  I dealt with them once during that period in the early
90s.  I don't know of any organization supporting the sw, however.
My guess is that at some point Swiss Air, then Atraxis,
now EDS, had to handle it all itself.  I've been contacted a few
times by them looking for parts, and even once looking for
someone to make them more memory boards.  EDS, one would think,
is fully capable of supporting anything they want, but it doesn't
seem a likely employer for your average Lisper, unless they've
changed a lot since the Ross Perot days.

Steve

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<tt>Paolo Amoroso wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite="midg=WKPhjTHlllH+B8oOTx65DOHU0T@4ax.com"><tt>On
Tue, 1 Apr 2003 10:56:52 -0500, John Morrison wrote:</tt>
  <blockquote type="cite"><tt><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.f**kedcompany.com">www.f**kedcompany.com</a> reported that Swiss Air
has stopped flying as of<br>
yesterday.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.swissair.com/">http://www.swissair.com/</a><br>
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Weren't they supposed to be buying up all the old Explorers?<br>
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<!----><tt>By the way, who did the hardware and software--i.e. operating
system<br>
fixes--maintenance of all those Explorers? Is there anything similar to the<br>
current Symbolics Research? Did Swiss Air do all of this in house?<br>
  <br>
Paolo</tt></blockquote>
<tt>I don't know exactly what SwissAir did, but when TI sold DSG <br>
to HP, DSG's service business was part of the deal, and <br>
I know that business continued to support Explorer hw for a while <br>
anyway. &nbsp;I dealt with them once during that period in the early<br>
90s. &nbsp;I don't know of any organization supporting the sw, however.<br>
My guess is that at some point Swiss Air, then Atraxis, <br>
now EDS, had to handle it all itself. &nbsp;I've been contacted a few <br>
times by them looking for parts, and even once looking for<br>
someone to make them more memory boards. &nbsp;EDS, one would think,<br>
is fully capable of supporting anything they want, but it doesn't <br>
seem a likely employer for your average Lisper, unless they've <br>
changed a lot since the Ross Perot days.<br>
<br>
Steve<br>
</tt><br>
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