"There seems to be confusion in the Colonies.";-) I have known Trevor a long time, and I believe his tongueis firmly in his cheek in this situation. In other words, this (to me) is aclassic bit of British humor which has to be read in that context. To me, itcertainly reflects what I suspect is happening at IBM these days However, notto detract from some of the great folks in management at IBM, there does seemto be demand to make 'profit' the King. And as Jack says, there seems to be amultitude of MBAs about (Means Bugger All in my book!) ALH
-----Original Message----- From: Pete Lancashire <[email protected]> To: IBM-MAIN <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:03 Subject: Re: IBM plans for the future - an imaginary tale pSeries/AIX admin here ... just as dense here as well. -pete shaking head and mumbling On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 8:27 AM, John McKown <[email protected]> wrote: > 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-an-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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
