Way I read it he's saying IBM has no overall strategy, just reacting to the fad of the day, usually arriving at the party just as it's starting to wind down and all the cool kids have moved on to the next one.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 10:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM plans for the future - an imaginary tale On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 10:15 AM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > WTF. Can't decide what he's trying to say: that IBM has a solid strategy? > That they're fooling themselves? I must be dense. > You're not the only one. > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Mark Regan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/mainframe-world/ibm-plans-for-the-future-a > n-imaginary-tale-73469 > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > 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 > -- "Pessimism is a admirable quality in an engineer. Pessimistic people check their work three times, because they're sure that something won't be right. Optimistic people check once, trust in Solis-de to keep the ship safe, then blow everyone up." "I think you're mistaking the word optimistic for inept." "They've got a similar ring to my ear." From "Star Nomad" by Lindsay Buroker: Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
