Linda Mooney referred to the 'stolen servers' IBM ad, and the lack of
follow-up. Years ago, IBM did an ad which showed what looked like a
UAL jet taking off. The caption was How to get to Chicago one year
earlier - OS/2 Warp. If you don't remember, Chicago was the code
name for Windows 93,
On 10/27/2011 7:08 PM, Dale Miller wrote:
machine. I only stopped using Warp when it became impossible to
get a new printer with Warp support, and my old EPSON laser
EPL6600 finally died after quite a few years of unblemished
service.
I built my own machine in 1984; the only change was to
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Hi Steve,
I frequently run into people who remember the IBM ad about the servers
being stolen, but they have really been consolodated onto the one
I agree, and the servers being stolen ads were some of the best commercials
around, there should have been follow on ads to those.
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I frequently run
I agree. And with z/OS, it's even worse than other. Windows is just a
pile of shit that management understands why so many techies are needed
to keep it running. We run z/OS with 3.5 (manager is a techie part of
the time). We maintain much more of the company core business than
Windows. But it's
On 10/25/2011 7:36 PM, Dale Miller wrote:
OK, so we squabble, and disagree, but it is my belief that this community has in
its membership many of the giants who built a technological marvel that
underpins our society today, or at least would do so if
management could be induced to extend its
I'd vote for the latter. Maybe the new CEO will set us straight.
_http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Names-Virginia-Rometty-as-Ne
w-CEO-635855/_
(http://www.eweek.com/c/a/IT-Infrastructure/IBM-Names-Virginia-Rometty-as-New-CEO-635855/)
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, October 25, 2011 7:32:51 PM
Subject: Re: Our community strengths
On 10/25/2011 7:36 PM, Dale Miller wrote:
OK, so we squabble, and disagree, but it is my belief that this community has
in
its membership many of the giants who built a technological marvel that
underpins our society today
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