V3R3 (was Re: WOW! Did you hear the radio advert? I was SHOCKED!)

Dave,

Sorry for the previously empty response, I'm still adjusting to these new
"features" that AOL is providing me.

In a message dated 97-11-13 00:48:12 EST, you write:

> DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:
>  
<<snip advert stuff>>
>  >
>  > Ten years is outlined in company policy somewhere.  That's many years'
worth
>  > of still unconverted S/36's it took to introduce the A/36.  Probably
will be
>  > how long it takes Dave M. to get V3R3 ;-D...
>  >
>  
>  I am saving this message Dean, so you can eat crow when it happens much 
> sooner
>  <g>
>  
>  --
>  Thank You.
>  
>  Regards
>  
>  Dave Mahadevan.. mailto:mahadevan@fuse.net

Well Dave, it pains me to think that the poor phrasing of the above (_GOTTA_
get a new keyboard!) is going to be retained for the next nine years ;-)!  As
I stated before on the "CISC Needs Some Consideration" thread, I'm with you
100% -- I just don't think that you stand a chance in Hades of getting what
you want from IBM in the near future.  In fact, unless you've heard something
that you're not sharing with the rest of us, I'd almost be willing to fly to
Kazakstan and let you _buy_ me some crow for dinner should V3R3 happen (but I
always figured I'd starve to death in the former Soviet Republics, as I hate
beets, turnips, and most other "root" vegetables that are so popular there)!

I know that IBM's current position on CISC is wrong, you know that IBM's
current position on CISC is wrong, people that work for or through IBM but
cannot say so know that IBM's current position on CISC is wrong -- that's not
going to make V3R3 happen, though.  Only when the same hordes that refused to
"upgrade" from the S/36 have proven themselves as intractable on the CISC
will IBM offer alternatives...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"After thirty, the body has a mind of its own." -- Bette Midler
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