Re: midrangenews.net -- MIDRANGE-L

Another interesting thing I found - there was a press release fromCalifornia Software that has been posted all over the net. (I guess pressreleases are just posted verbatim..)


One place (http://www.fr.calsw.com/company/press_article.asp?ID=206 ) says:
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California Software and Microsoft Complete Midrange Modernization Tour

SAN CLEMENTE, CA - June 10, 2005 -- California Software Corporation (OTC:CSWX), a leader in Legacy Extension, Business Intelligence and loanproduction software for banks, credit unions and consumer lendinginstitutions and developer of the award-winning INFINITE and LPS productlines, announced today that it has completed a three city tour withMicrosoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in New York, Chicago and Toronto.

"As one of the founding members of the Microsoft Midrange Alliance Program,California Software has engaged with our partner, Microsoft and other selectMicrosoft partners to discuss legacy extension options for IBM iSeries usersin New York, Chicago and Toronto", said Carol Conway, President, CaliforniaSoftware.

California Software has worked closely with the Redmond, Washington-basedMicrosoft Corporation to provide options for IBM AS/400 and iSeries users asthey seek to extend and modernize their legacy applications. Of primaryimportance to many iSeries software developers and end-users is the abilityto web-enable and integrate their existing legacy applications with otherMicrosoft programs. This tour has provided easy-to-use and cost-effectiveoptions to the IBM community to accomplish that goal.

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What is interesting is that the tour was an iSeriesNetwork tour. CaliforniaSoftware were only ~one~ of the many vendors who were there.Here is the official word from another press release(http://www.penton.com/cgi-bin/news/display_news.pl?id=622):

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Penton Media's iSeries Network, the comprehensive collection of resourcesfor IBM eServer iSeries i5 IT professionals, and Microsoft Corporation areteaming to produce the Midrange Modernization Tour, an educational roadshow...

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I guess if you read closely, they are somewhat right....