ISTR the MVS folks adopted the eagle as a mascot after the teddy bear became
the VM symbol. In the friendly rivalry and sniping between the VM and MVS
folks, they used it as the American eagle vs. the Russian bear of the VM
Group.
Another shot was fired by VMer and IBMer Stu Toledano, who suggested that VM
adopt a Pilgrim theme, because on Thanksgiving Pilgrims eat turkeys.
Sign. I really miss those days....
Kent Taylor (Mongo)
Nostalgia, NY
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: Wired delenda est
On 11/8/2008 at 4:36 AM, Rob van der Heij <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Mike Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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And as I read in Melinda's paper, the MVS program decided then they
also needed a mascot. And out of free will they elected the Turkey to
represent them... :-)
That was actually the MVS Performance Project, not the overall MVS Program.
(My first few SHARE conferences were pretty focused on that project.)
Mark Post
