Re: Re[2]: IBM Spin Doctors on AS/400 Marketing

Buck,

In a message dated 97-11-04 15:47:18 EST, you write:

> Another angle is the constant "damning with faint praise" that the box gets
>  in our own trade magazines.  Think of the tone of News/400: the constant
>  harping on what's missing instead of focus on what's there.  
>  IBM bashing is an all too common pastime for all of us.  
>  Given such a pessimistic environment, it's not surprising that we feel 
>  that the AS/400 is on it's way out...

Bravo!  Well, and succinctly, put!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"So a man said to God, 'What's a million years to you?'  God replied 'It's a
second.'  So the man asked of God, 'What's a million dollars to you?'  God
replied, 'A penny'.  So the man said to God 'Will you give me a penny?'  God
said 'Yes I will -- in a second.' " -- Unknown
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