Re: Midrange expertise on non-midrange stuff

First, I've become mostly glad of the "iSeries...", "Windows XP...", "Microsoft 
JAVA...", etc., etc., threads. I can do mass deletes and pare the list messages 
way down. Very handy, since most posts in those have little value. Saves a LOT 
of time.

But the idea of a general shoot-the-breeze list seems pointless. We've had 
those for years. Just look up "UseNet" for info.

Tom Liotta

On Thu, 02 August 2001, "John Earl" wrote:

> 
> > We really need an informal shoot-the-breeze list. Initially, I also
> thought
> > that the new list was going to fulfill that role, and then it became
> > apparent that the list is restricted to iNation related topics. In
> my
> > opinion, it's not going to see much traffic. We need a general
> topics list -
> > not an iNation list.
> >
> >
> > John Taylor
> 
> 
> I have to agree with John Taylor on this.  An informal,
> shoot-the-breeze list would be of great benefit to those that have the
> time to pontificate endlessly on the means and motives of corporations
> and officers (IBM and otherwise), as well as a boon to those of us who
> do not have the time to weed through those posts.
> 
> I just moved about 400+ unread emails to the "delete" folder - with
> topics such as "iNation", "AS400", "Midrange Computing...", "IBM
> getting rid of RPG", "iGreen...", "No Java in widows XP", "My XP got
> broke in a hailstorm", "The Future of Computing", and "Resignation
> from International Alliance.." etc.

-- 
Tom Liotta
The PowerTech Group, Inc.
19426 68th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone  253-872-7788
Fax  253-872-7904
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