RE: Midrange expertise on non-midrange stuff

Agreed Jeff and Dan et al..Lets have an offshoot list
where "Politically Incorrect/Correct-(your point of
view)" type stuff can be posted and non-technical type
threads can be pursued in another.

It would be efficient for both kinds of ISN
Citizens..the Politician and the Techie (;)

Max

--- "Bale, Dan" <D.Bale@handleman.com> wrote:
> Agreed, Jeff, I've had numerous questions that were
> PC/Windoze in
> nature, but wanted answered from the perspective of
> the midrange group.
> 
> A few days ago, I asked David whether ISN Citizens
> was intended to keep
> all non-technical issues off MIDRANGE-L.  David
> responded that it was
> just for iSeries Nation stuff.  I would like to
> suggest that, perhaps,
> there should be another list, so that the technical
> & non-technical
> issues that now appear on MIDRANGE-L can be
> segregated.  It would appear
> that a non-technical MIDRANGE-L would see more
> traffic than the ISN
> Citizens is seeing right now.  Maybe that's easier
> said than done.
> 
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
>   Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
>   (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)
> 
> -------------------------- Original Message
> --------------------------
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Jeff Crosby [SMTP:jlcrosby@fwi.com]
> > Sent:       Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:47 PM
> > To: Midrange Mailing List
> > Subject:    Midrange expertise on non-midrange stuff
> > 
> > There are times when I want to ask a question or
> questions on an IT
> > topic that is not strictly a midrange topic, but I
> want midrange
> > professionals opinions on the matter.  Where can I
> ask such questions
> > and not be off-topic?
> > 
> > Let me give you an example.  For years, we have
> used Sidekick 98 as a
> > PIM (Personal Information Manager) for everyone. 
> For various reasons
> > it
> > is no longer satisfactory.  I am interested in a
> single piece of PC
> > software that would 1) be a PIM (including to do
> lists, calendar,
> > contacts, etc), 2) be a CRM, 3) handle email and
> newsgroups, and 4)
> > the
> > average 6th grader could learn and use.
> > 
> > If I ask on some PC forum, I will get what the
> world thinks about the
> > situation.  I don't want the world's opinion, I
> want the opinion of
> > midrange professionals because I know how they
> think.  What is
> > acceptable to the world is not necessarily
> acceptable to we
> > midrangers. 
> > We have a different standard.  Am I making sense? 
> Where can I ask
> > this
> > kind of stuff?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > -- 
> > -Jeff
> > The opinions expressed are my own and not
> necessarily 
> > the opinion of my company.  Unless I say so.
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