Re: Happy Birthday !

[bill gravelle <billgravelle@xxxxxxx>]

Heard a presentation from an AS/400 executive a couple of weeks ago and she
emphasized the fact that IBM was intentionally not going to publisize the
10th anniversary of the AS/400 ... she said that this strategy was because
IBM didn't want to give the impression that the AS/400 was OLD ... she
thanked us all for being such loyal customers and wished us a quiet "Happy
Birthday" ...  


At 03:03 PM 6/22/98 -0500, you wrote:
>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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