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  • Subject: Re: "State of the Midrange" by Don Rima
  • From: "L. S. Russell" <leslier@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 12:40:36 -0500
  • Organization: Datrek Professional Bags

Silly question, constituants is consituants past present or future. 
Could be that of those 70k emails the greater number were from future
constitants who are pro-napster rather than from present constituants
who are anti-napster.  The swing could be a question of future
positioning among voters.

But that is all beside the point, the point Rob was trying to make is
that a grassroots effort has often won such little wars, and that a
grassroots effort among the AS/400 faithful might be just what is
needed.  For what it's worth I agree with him but I have to say it will
never happen, for the reasons I pointed out earlier.  Most AS/400
faithful just don't care.

Eric Kempter wrote:
> 
> I wonder how many of those e-mails came from people old enough to vote.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Chuck Lewis [SMTP:clewis@iquest.net]
> Sent:   Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:23 AM
> To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:        Re: "State of the Midrange" by Don Rima
> 
> Rob Dixon wrote:
> 
> <--- HUGE snip --->
> 
> <Perhaps we should take some action - all write to Lou direct or even better 
>all
> subscribers to this and other lists should turn up at an agreed time at Lou's 
>office
> with the media in tow.  That would increase the number of people who had 
>heard of the
> AS/400 if nothing else.>
> 
> Writing Lou would be a good idea IF we could get LOTS of folks to DO IT !!! 
>And do it
> well...
> 
> Not that this is apples to apples but Napster posted a plea for users to 
>email their
> folks in Congress and provided a link, etc. and RIGHT before the trial AND the
> hearings where Congress basically did nothing but say, and rightfully so, 
>this needs
> more research, it was reported that EACH Congress person was getting 70,000 
>emails on
> average !!! It got attention...
> 
> Chuck
> 
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