RE: David Gibbs awarded Common Good Pin..

I am delighted that David has received this overdue recognition for his
outstanding services to the midrange community. In fact he's probably done
more than anyone to make that word "community" a reality, and I'd like to
add my own congratulations to the chorus. However, IBM sponsorship would
invalidate the last 2 paragraphs of the monthly guidelines.

There is an old saying: "Who pays the piper calls the tune". For me its
complete independence is a key feature of midrange-l. How do you think our
perception of it would be altered once it had IBM dollars behind it? I don't
want it to become just an organ for IBM.

Dave Kahn
Johnson & Johnson International (Ethicon) France
Phone : +33 1 55 00 3180
Email :  dkahn1@jnjfr.jnj.com (work)
           dkahn@cix.co.uk      (home)


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De: Colin Williams [mailto:Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk]
Date: 11 October 1999 10:22
À: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Objet: RE: David Gibbs awarded Common Good Pin..


I agree, IBM should definitely be sponsoring some part of this.
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