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jmfbahciv <jmfbah...@aol> writes: > ROTFLMAO. A typing fo-paw? re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2010e.html#47 z9 / z10 instruction speed(s) yep ... oh well .. s/invented/invited/ note that it was in 1990 ... twenty years ago. we would go by somers and discuss with some of the occupants that the company (especially mainframe business) was facing similar issues; they would all essentially agree and (also) be able to clearly articulate the issues ... and then we would go back the next month or a couple months ... and nothing had changed. there seemed to be a strong sense that they were (also) trying to preserve the status quo until their retirement, leaving corrective action to somebody else. then the company went into the red ... and some of the status quo and vested interests were being forced to change (compared to auto industry that managed to preserve status guo & vested interests across years and years in the red). misc posts mentioning auto C4 &/or past protectionism import quotas http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2000f.html#43 Reason Japanese cars are assembled in the US (was Re: American bigotry) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2003i.html#61 TGV in the USA? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004c.html#51 [OT] Lockheed puts F-16 manuals online http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2004h.html#22 Vintage computers are better than modern crap ! http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006g.html#20 The Pankian Metaphor http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006m.html#49 The Pankian Metaphor (redux) http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007f.html#50 The Perfect Computer - 36 bits? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007g.html#29 The Perfect Computer - 36 bits? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007g.html#34 U.S. Cedes Top Spot in Global IT Competitiveness http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007g.html#52 U.S. Cedes Top Spot in Global IT Competitiveness http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007i.html#13 U.S. Cedes Top Spot in Global IT Competitiveness http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007j.html#33 IBM Unionization http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2007n.html#31 IBM obsoleting mainframe hardware http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008.html#84 Toyota Sales for 2007 May Surpass GM http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008.html#85 Toyota Sales for 2007 May Surpass GM http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008c.html#22 Toyota Beats GM in Global Production http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008c.html#68 Toyota Beats GM in Global Production http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008e.html#31 IBM announced z10 ..why so fast...any problem on z 9 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008f.html#50 Toyota's Value Innovation: The Art of Tension http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008h.html#65 Is a military model of leadership adequate to any company, as far as it based most on authority and discipline? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008k.html#2 Republican accomplishments and Hoover http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008k.html#50 update on old (GM) competitiveness thread http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008k.html#58 Mulally motors on at Ford http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008m.html#21 Fraud due to stupid failure to test for negative http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008m.html#52 Are family businesses unfair competition? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008n.html#4 Michigan industry http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008p.html#77 Tell me why the taxpayer should be saving GM and Chrysler (and Ford) managers & shareholders at this stage of the game? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2008q.html#22 Is Pride going to decimate the auto Industry? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009i.html#2 China-US Insights on the Future of the Auto Industry http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009i.html#3 IBM interprets Lean development's Kaizen with new MCIF product http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009i.html#10 64 Cores -- IBM is showing a prototype already http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009i.html#31 Why are z/OS people reluctant to use z/OS UNIX? http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2010b.html#14 360 programs on a z/10 -- 42yrs virtualization experience (since Jan68), online at home since Mar1970 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
