FW: Grapevine News on Guy Fawkes day !!

2005-11-05 Thread AntonMvs2005
Hi, a) Anybody investigated the IBM ON DEMAND offer ? We did because we thought we are running all the software as advertised but it's not true. There is so many new software things in here and everybody came back with : What... never heard of some of these things.. b) Noticed the

IBM ON DEMAND ?

2005-10-29 Thread AntonMvs2005
The Explanation of the IBM ON DEMAND advert ? The one IBM is currently running on all the Cable networks. Here it is... but it's the last paper at the bottom of this PDF and note the comment at the bottom of the article : THE PRODUCTS ARE SOLID, BUT THE PROMISES WILL BE HARDER TO DELIVER.

Re: Is a Hurricane about to hit IBM ?

2005-10-02 Thread AntonMvs2005
Hi, Most of us could be seen as Sitting in a dark room reading IBM manuals for a living, or that's what I have been doing for most of my life but I am trying to think a little wider. So, you might say where are you going with this ? Anybody remembers where JES comes from ... and by the way ,

Re: ROSCOE

2005-10-02 Thread AntonMvs2005
Hi, Use to be in the Roscoe start up options but maybe these days, you can even change it with a modify command. Have you got the set of Roscoe manual ? Should be in there ... otherwise we can send you a set of manuals. Anton -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: Is a Hurricane about to hit IBM ?

2005-10-01 Thread AntonMvs2005
Hi, What I saw this week on this list is that most of us agrees with our view of the IBM market place On Earth. Needless to say , that is why I phrased the posting with Is a Hurricane about to hit IBM and I ended the posting with the question : Why does the investors not see what I am seeing ?

Re: Is a Hurricane about to hit IBM ?

2005-09-25 Thread AntonMvs2005
Hi, Chris, I would explain this date phenomena slowly for you : a) Go here http://news.com.com/ for the latest news b) Then you browse down this page to this article : All CNET News.com blogs (Last updated: Sep 25, 2005 11:41 AM ) IBM: IBM at the Emmy's c) Then you click on

Is a Hurricane about to hit IBM ?

2005-09-24 Thread AntonMvs2005
Hi, Some extracts from an article pointed to by this URL : http://news.com.com/IBM+works+to+make+mainframes+mainstream/2100-1010_3-1001 595.html?tag=nl a) A new machine, code-named T-Rex http://news.com.com/IBM+to+unearth+T-Rex+mainframe/2100-1010_3-1000894.html ?tag=nl , boasts