Re: IBM needs more than cool tattoos, say users

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----- Original Message -----
From: Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: IBM needs more than cool tattoos, say users


>
> On Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 10:17  AM, Joep Beckeringh wrote:
>
> > Ah, I wondered about that one. Must be Greek, then? And what's it mean?
>
> Aramaic actually. Presuming I'm right (and I usually am :-) it is a
> reference to:
>
> Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin
>
> which means counted, counted, weighed, divided. It comes from the Book
> of Daniel (in the historical fiction known as the Bible) where a
> disembodied hand wrote those words on the wall of King Belshazzar's
> palace. Daniel interpreted the words to mean King Belshazzar wasn't up
> to scratch, he'd get his arse kicked by the Medes and the Persians, and
> his kingdom would be taken from him. Darius brought the prophecy to
> fruition. Another case of "As it is written, so shall it be" (Rameses)
> or "Make it so" (Jean-Luc Picard) if you prefer.
>
> I could see the same message being sent to the managers at IBM (Armonk,
> not Rochester because I think Rochester know what they want to do but
> are hamstrung by the tossers upstairs).
>
> See also The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam where Qatrain 51 refers to the
> same story:
> The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
> Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit
> Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
> Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
>
> Unkind souls could find parallels between the above and the wishes of
> OS/400 devotees (just to keep this marginally on track).
>
> > Quidquid id est, timeo IBM et dona ferens. (Or should that be
> > 'ferentes'? IBM is plural, strictly speaking).
>
> IBM is an organisation and is more properly referred to in the singular
> because the acronym IBM is a proper noun. The best gift from IBM would
> be to cut Rochester loose, but with a patent sharing arrangement, and
> we could watch the cream rise to the top. Wouldn't that be
> fun--developing and selling a system designed to make life easier for
> the customer rather than generating services revenue for all and sundry.
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
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