--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Managed futures" was the term I heard. And I never did figure > out what they were talking about. It always kind of sounded > like a different language.
Deciphered, it meant, "Buy now. We know it's not what you really want or what you need, but we want you to buy into The IBM Way and stick with it, so we'll promise you anything you want in order to keep you on the hook." Sound familiar? The other IBM phrase from that era that I remember well was, "It drops right in." If you heard that about a new piece of mainframe hardware, you could count on your installation being down for a week or more while they worked out all the problems that came up *after* they "dropped it right in." :-) > On Oct 25, 2005, at 4:48 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > Back in the bad old days of the computer revolution, > > IBM made a name for itself by "selling futures." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
