RE: Random thoughts from COMMON

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Is it me or  did the book store seem a  little sparse this time?

At 10:42 AM 10/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Well - it wasn't exactly hidden - but it's true there were no longer 
>dumb terminals for Requirements entry in the Registration area (mainly 
>because the Registration area in the convention centre was torn down 
>after Tuesday and Registration moved to an area outside HQ in the 
>Hilton for any one day attendees).
>You could enter Requirements from the ThinkPad's in the COMMON 
>Bookstore (same as in New Orleans) that have Web Browsers and a 5250 
>connection to the on-site COMMON AS/400.  This was mentioned every day 
>in Green Streak.
>
>Yes, the whole requirements system is under review.  A white paper was 
>presented to the Board, and we are to produce an implementation plan 
>for a new (probably Domino based) system to be presented to the Board 
>at the Spring/99 San Francisco conference.
>
>As for a case-insensitive scan, sorry Dean, the 400 is a very sensitive 
>system and wouldn't feel right about ignoring your case !   :-)
>
>Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:  DAsmussen@aol.com [SMTP:DAsmussen@aol.com]
>Sent:  Monday, October 12, 1998 1:25 AM
>To:    MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>Subject:       Re: Random thoughts from COMMON
>
>Don,
>
>In a message dated 98-10-10 15:02:21 EDT, you write:
>
><<snip>>
>> Actually  I think we only had 10 requirements submitted (Neil?).  And 
>no,
>>  I don't think it's because IBM's doing a great job...I think there 
>was
>>  just a lower turnout of attendees and not many knew about 
>requirements
>>  (which is being worked on) and some had a problem signing on to
>>  requirements...
>
>Well, if they hid the requirements area like they did at NOLA, I can
>understand it.  Besides, when do I get my case-insensitive scan in 
>DSPSPLF
>;-)?
>
>Cheers!
>
>Dean Asmussen
>Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
>Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
>E-Mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
>
>"Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their 
>astuteness." --
>Cullen Hightower
>
>
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