Re: InfoWorld's reponse - 64bits

[Pete Hall <peteh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 10:03 PM 6/22/98 -0400, John Carr wrote:
>RE:    Re: Alpha central to 64-bit plans
>
>Everyone;
>
>I am sorry if I have encouraged reponses from you to the editors that may 
>have had a negative impact on the PR of the AS/400.   I sincerely thought
>(still do) that if the writers were presented with "Facts" about the AS/400
>and it's right to be covered within these types of "News" stories  that 
>they might begin to take a second look (maybe a first look) at the platform.

John,

I also appreciate Deans well written and reasoned response to David P. My 
intent was simply to make him aware of my recent good experience converting to 
RISC. I had no idea that he had apparently gotten lots of other notes on the 
subject. Personally, I don't believe that it reflects badly on this list. 
Rather, it reflects badly on the shallow, unsubstantiated and largely 
insignificant "facts" that are being passed off to us as news, and we're buying 
it. This is not a slam against David P. It's everywhere. It's the same 
methodology that Sadam uses when he rails against the UN inspectors for being 
US agents and never mentions the nerve gas issue. If you say it loud enough and 
often enough, it will (hopefully) become true. 

Maybe we need to make a little noise. If we do it with good humor and courtesy, 
what's the harm? I'll bet Mr. Pendery won't forget this incident for quite a 
while. It might even influence him to be a little more careful in 
differentiating between hype and fact. That would be a good thing for all of us.

Pete

Pete Hall
peteh@inwave.com 
http://www.inwave.com/~peteh/

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