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John - >Chuck, Chuck >Calm down. You'll hurt yourself. You're projecting guy. I'm fine. > >2. Letter writing campaign. <SNIP> . We brought with us > >HUNDREDS of letters from users of RPG/free, <SNIP> > >Gee Chuck, You're still mad/hurt about that huh? >I remember the stack of paper. >Let me see, It was you and Paul, and Roger, and....... >(and paraphrasing Alice's Restaurant) "And the >judge wasn't gonna look at the 27 8" by 10" color glossy >photo's with the ................." Whatever that means. I was illustrating a point that I know first-hand the effect of sending hundreds of letters to IBM. It has no effect. So why even suggest it? >------------------------------------------------- ><SNIP> Macintosh didn't achieve success BECAUSE > > of positive press, it achieved success DESPITE the negative press > > it has received over the past 16 years <SNIP> > >I say, B.S. Apple wouldn't be around today if M$ didn't invest in >them a few years ago. They would've been gone, toast. >And M$ only invested in them >just so they could say they had competition. >And BTW, a REALLY REALLY BIGGGGGGGG >By The Way Chuck is that the MAC was >Apple's ONNNNNNNNNNNNNLYYYYYY Source of revenue. >A little bit different than IBM's position don't ya think ? > >I personally don't think comparisons between IBM and >Apple, Sun and MS are valid for the most part. Geez, what an annoying level of discourse. >---------------- > > Bob Tipton must prove himself <SNIP> >No that's not the point I was making. It's an easy point for >you to jump to, but it wasn't my point. My point was that >It's been a while since "It's the Marketing" COMMON, > and the "Where's the TV commercials IBM ?" speech is >getting a little old. I had the same complaint about >IBM's marketing. However I put my money where my mouth >is and have populated every news forum I could find in the last two >years. I have written to every editor I could find in the last two years. >I have affected every person I could on the subject. > >Every person on this list knows I'm sincere and ain't lying about that. > >I don't know what Bob has done to help the AS/400, I would >just like to see some signs of effort on that front. I noticed you >didn't give any references to articles or anything in your post though. > >All I'm saying is that , Talk's cheap. And I'll say this: action is almost worthless in the AS/400 market. I will wager money that despite your efforts, despite Bob Tipton's very provocative speech, and despite the endless messages on this list, the web forums, and the AS/400 newsgroup, that I have no hope that IBM will do what Bob suggested in his speech: turn the AS/400 division loose on the market, and have it run by a maniacal, egotistical, charismatic figure that will irritate and motivate and succeed (as they do at Apple, Microsoft and Sun). ... Chuck +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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