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Nathan,

In defense of Neil, I think his focus is a concern over the future of the
IBM i operating system. This is a concern for everyone who has a stake here.
However, I don't think Neil has quite the narrow view that you suggest.

Certainly, he ~presents~ a very narrow view under the approach that the
emperor has no clothes, and you should tell said emperor. And some of his
observations can be lumped under a category of "the emperor is wearing
clothes I don't like, I better tell him he is naked". And, from reading
Neil's rants, it ~seems~ like he hates all IBMers equally and that he thinks
all IBMers are painted with a brush of ignorance and/or complicity.

He has shown us a one-sided perspective here, but I think he is not that
narrow in real life. Of course, it IS hard to read between the lines on this
one-dimensional forum, and Neil has certainly been arguing his "emperor"
case strongly.

Maybe Neil can point out some of the things he LIKES about IBM, IBMers, and
IBM i? That might remove the Quixotic tag you have added to his name?

Trevor



On 5/8/08 10:59 AM, "Nathan Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Neil,

The itjungle article titled "IBM Changes Name Back to AS/400, Promises

Return to Glory, TV Ads" was just an April Fools joke. It appears that
you
took the article way too seriously! The article's author
(Cervantes) should
have given you a clue that it was only a spoof.

Cervantes was actually the
author of "Don Quixote". Don Quixote's mind
became so myopically focused on
fictional tales of knightly intrigue
that he began interpreting every event
of ordinary life in the context
of his fictional readings, and provided a
premise for dozens of
hillarious stories of how Don Quixote drew erroneous
conclusions about
the people and events he faced.

It appears that your view
of IBM i has become so myopically focused,
that you're drawing the erroneous
conclusion that it's fate is the same
as OS/2.

The cure may not be simple,
but it may help if you were to install Zend
core, or one of the other new
technologies that run under IBM i, and see
if it broadens your view. You
somehow need to get past CPF.

Nathan.




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