On Fri, 2 Nov 2007 19:05:24 -0500, Ed Gould <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I respected the IBM Scott.
Gee. I guess respect is conferred based on employment? My leaving IBM was under amicable circumstances (I attended the zSeries Technical Disclosure Meeting last month and will be attending a 30th Service Anniversary celebration on Tuesday). My opinions have always been based on what's best for the system, the industry and the customers. I changed my IBM-MAIN email address at the suggestion of a customer. If I've demonstrated some sort of bias that has changed due to my employment circumstances, then, please, point it out. I've reviewed all 17 of my new posts, and none seem to be any more or less controversial/obnoxious than ever. If my advocacy of Metal C for what it is (and what it is not) was in some way belittling, I apologize. I see this as an opportunity to move the platform forward by making it more accessible. We, as the community of advocates, should not be looking this gift horse in the mouth. It's tiring, after 21 years, to hear about how hard things are, and when IBM does something good to remove a barrier (no matter how small), then hear from the same community rail that it's "not enough" or "too little too late" because it's not exactly the way they wanted it or would have designed it. Off my soapbox now, Scott Fagen Enterprise Systems Management ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
