RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

Thank you Larry


On Wed, 3 May 2006 13:21:46 -0400 , Ketzes, Larry wrote
> No cuss word was meant.  It is a sign of respect to g-d in the 
> Jewish faith that you do no actually write out the word of the one 
> deity.  The (-) dash is meant so that you know who you are referring 
> to without actually writing it.
> 
> Larry
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Fleming, Greg 
> \(ED\) Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 1:08 PM To: Midrange Systems 
> Technical Discussion Subject: RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries 
Obsolescence
> 
> Trevor,
> 
> I think his intention was actually "god" with the "o" left out to
> legalistially avoid referring directly to the deity.  Hence the 
> actual expression was "god forsaken".
> 
> Although I also read it the way you did, Trevor, until I saw Doug's
> veiled explanation.
> 
> G
> 
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> |bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
> |Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 11:15 AM
> |To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> |Subject: Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> |
> |Douglas,
> |
> |Whatever context you chose to use, the implication was g-d as a
> cussword.
> |If
> |you are going to keep secrets in an email to a group like this, then
> you
> |should expect we are going to think it means gosh-darn.
> |
> |I read what I read. You cussed - with hyphens.
> |
> |Trevor
> |.
> |----- Original Message -----
> |From: "Douglas W. Palme"
> |Subject: Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> |
> |
> |> cuss words? I re-read my comments and nowhere did I use a cuss word.
> If
> |> you
> |> are referring to my usage of the term g-d that is certainly not a
> cuss
> |> word
> |> and the spelling is used purposely from a Jewish perspective, however
> |that
> |> is another discussion for another forum of which this one is not
> |> appropriate.  If you want to know why I used it in the context I 
> did, |> email |> me privately and I will be more than happy to explain.
> |>
> |> A calendar control requires now many clicks with the mouse? two?
> Three?
> |> and
> |> if you have to change the month or year you can add at least one 
> to two |> additional clicks.  I can perform the same function with 
> data entry and |do |> it more efficiently than with a control.  As 
> for errors, you can still |> have |> the same issues with someone 
> clicking the wrong day and since our system |> pulls its dates and 
> times from the system time we do not have an issue |> with |> them. 
> |> |> We are going to have to agree to disagree here Trevor on the 
> issue of GUI |> versus GS, because it is readily apparent you are 
> not going to change and |> frankly I do not see a need to recode our 
> entire system just to provide |> slicker looking screens.  I might 
> add that we have looked at GUI in the |> past |> and just cannot 
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