Not planning on getting in. Thought I would roll our 7060 H30 down to the Convention Center, about 1 mile from where I work, and chain myself to it, block traffic, and sing "all we are saying is give Z a chance". We could give away bumper stickers and t-shirts that we say "Save the system programmer".
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: "(IBM Mainframe Discussion List)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Flex, Hercules, mainframe future and IBM annual meeting Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:39:20 EDT In a message dated 4/17/2007 9:13:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >It's true! I guess I need to make up some protest signs, "Hercules NOW", and schedule a day of vacation. Also, if you own at least one share of stock, they will mail you information about the upcoming annual stockholders' meeting - where, when, directions, etc. They will let you in the door if you own only one share, but they will probably have security people ready to pounce on you if you start making a lengthy, unanticipated, disruptive harangue. And there will be many people in the audience who own so much stock that they care only about the status quo (aka "dividends") and could care less about any given IBM product line, such our beloved z/OS hardware and software. These people will boo you and then cheer as you are taken out of the room. z/OS is important to us, but how important in the grand scheme of things are all of us or our opinions? Bill "starting to ponder retirement" Fairchild Plainfield, IL ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 _____________________________________________________________ Netscape. Just the Net You Need. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
