Re: Tipton's COMMON opening speech

Well I give you that, he is dead on this time and the bad thing is what
he is saying would fall on deaf ears even if they were listening.
I just wish there were something a group as large and out spoken as
those who subscribe to MIDRANGE-L could do to change things.
  

"Shaw, David" wrote:
> 
> You wanna know the scary part?  The longer you know him, the more sense he
> makes. <grin>
> 
> I've known him long enough that I sometimes forget he's crazy (never for very
> long, though ;).  And he's certainly correct this time!
> 
> Dave Shaw
> Spartan International, Inc.
> Spartanburg, SC
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: L. S. Russell [mailto:leslier@datrek.com]
> >
> > Somebody call the Airforce and the the Project Blue Book team
> > out here,
> > the strangest thing has just happened! I agree with Don!
> >
> > "Schenck, Don" wrote:
> > >
> > > Read or listen to Tom Peters.
> > >
> > > Truly GREAT stuff is done by wacky and passionate people.
> > >
> > > ANYTHING great is done by "crazy" people. From Martin
> > Luther to Martin
> > > Luther King to Steve Jobs to Lance Armstrong.
> > >
> > > That makes ME feel great, because I'm crazy and don't know
> > my limitations
> > > (well ... besides a 300-lb bench press).
> > >
> > > Evangelists need to RUN the AS/400 team, from design to
> > construction to
> > > marketing to support. Anything less will result in ... well
> > ... "Magic Box"
> > > and "I AM"-type stuff.
> > >
> > > How about THIS:
> > >
> > > A parody of the famous "1984" ad:
> > >
> > > People are sitting in a huge room, but instead of just
> > watching a huge
> > > screen, they all have screens in front of them and their
> > all surfing the
> > > web.
> > >
> > > The big screen shows an AS/400, sitting there running, with
> > a bunch of URL's
> > > flying by to symbolize the web activity.
> > >
> > > A hacker wearing Microsoft's colors comes running into the
> > room and tosses a
> > > big hammer toward the screen (like the 1984 ad).
> > >
> > > It bounces off!
> > >
> > > VOICEOVER: AS/400; the most reliable web server on the planet.
> > >
> > > -- Don
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Colin Williams [mailto:colin.williams@technocrats.co.uk]
> > > Sent: March 20, 2000 11:04 AM
> > > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > > Subject: RE: Tipton's COMMON opening speech
> > >
> > > Does it come down to the fact that many of companies(the Dell's,
> > > Microsofts, Sun's and HP's)
> > > are run by entrepeneurs or techies, who are emotionallly attached to
> > > their products
> > > but IBM is run by executives, who are not?(Not that theres anything
> > > wrong with that!)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Schenck, Don [mailto:Don.Schenck@WL.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 2:14 PM
> > > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > > Subject: RE: Tipton's COMMON opening speech
> > >
> > > Chuck --
> > >
> > > <<
> > > 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?
> > > >>
> > >
> > > I remember that. What a MAJOR disappointment. It was then
> > that I took up
> > > Visual Basic; I saw the handwriting on the wall (and it was
> > > REALLY hard to
> > > read because it was all CAPITAL letters and each word was only
> > > SIXCHR's long
> > > and THEYALLRANTOGETHER <grin>).
> > >
> > > <<
> > > 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).
> > > >>
> > >
> > > Hmmmm ... *I* am maniacal, egotistical and charismatic. I'm a
> > > PERFECT fit to
> > > run the AS/400 division.
> > >
> > > Interesting aside: Listen to Tom Peters -- love his stuff --
> > > talk about how
> > > Lexmark was going NOWHERE until it split from IBM. The
> > > _CULTURE_ as IBM was
> > > (is?) all wrong. I'm not making this up; Tom Peters said that.
> > >
> > > (and if everything were right in the world, we'd all be using
> > > Macintoshes)
> > >
> > > Peace,
> > >
> > > -- Don
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