Happy Birthday !

[Neil Palmer <npalmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear dinosaur ...


Could it be that that is IBM's true opinion of the AS/400 ?

Well, here it is, one day past the 10th anniversary of the AS/400
announcement, half a million systems shipped,  and where are the
marching bands, the TV ads, the billboards, the big AS/400 hot air
balloons floating across the countryside, the 400 homing pigeons
released from Times Square, the ANYTHING from IBM ?????

There's not even a bloody birthday cake with 10 candles at
http://as400.rochester.ibm.com/
just a cop looking for id ferchirssakes !  (Well, maybe he's asking the
AS/400 for id because it's ONLY 10 years old ?).
Try the "What's New" link - nothing.
Try the "News and Events" link - nothing.
Try the "Recent news items about AS/400" or "AS/400 Press Releases"
links
- NOTHING, BUGGER ALL, NOT A SAUSAGE !

Anyone would think IBM was ASHAMED of the AS/400 and AFRAID to make any
noise about the fact it's 10 years old.

Now admittedly I haven't checked today's New York Times, Wall Street
Journal or USA Today.  Maybe there's a two line announcement in the
classifieds ?

Has anyone seen ANYTHING ?
Is anyone else as pi**ed off about this as I am ?
Maybe I should just take my medication and take the rest of the day off
?

Everybody put on your mouse ears and sing, 
R-O-C
H-E-S
T-E-R-M-N

Oops - gotta run - the guys in the white jackets are coming down the
hallway....    :-o




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