A friend used to work at ASG, is out of mainframes now. I forwarded this story and got the following response:
>"MISTER Allen" (NO one was allowed to call him "Art") once sent out an email to everyone complaining about the rigors of flying all over the world on his private jet, and how he'd like it if people sent chocolates to his plane, as long as they were "high quality Belgian chocolates". Yes, at their own expense. >When you look up "megalomaniac" in the dictionary, there's a drawing of Mr. Allen. Other ASG stories are legendary, including folks having to requisition rubber bands and having them shipped from HQ *in lots of 10*. Given that Art's wife was apparently equally loony and was CFO, I guess the bankruptcy isn't a surprise. The good news: http://www.asg.com/Company/Executive-Management.aspx no longer shows any folks named "Allen", -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
