-----------------------------<snip>------------------------------
I'm sorry I can't help myself!
Many years ago, we had a quite a bit of Series/1 equipment, which was
largely customer set up.
Once I needed to move an attachment card from one cpu to another. As was
their want, IBM charged a (nominal) fee to amend their records as to
what feature was on what machine. ( remember, the customer himself [me
in this case] actually performed this movement).
We later got an invoice from IBM which said something like
"reinstallation(N.I.P) of xyz attachment card" I assumed that NIP stood
for some thing like "Now Installed Part/Product" or similar. I was later
informed that no, NIP in fact stood for "Non Ibm Person" ( i.e. me, in
this case). That, I thought, put me in my place!.
Phil Steele ( still a N.I.P, but I know quite a few others... I am not
alone in this regard)
-------------------------------<unsnip>-----------------------------
At the risk of being sarcastic, if I were in your management chain, I'd
be raising six kinds of great unholy HE** when IBM bills me for MY
employee's time taking actions on MY behalf. A purely nominal fee for
record updating is one thing; I'll be HANGED before I pay someone else
for doing what MY employee is doing on MY payroll!
--
Rick
--
Remember that if you’re not the lead dog, the view never changes.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
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
