RE: IBM - Thompson & Palmisano move up.

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 03:56 PM 7/25/00 -0400, you wrote:

Be careful.  I think that there are 2 John Thompson's in IBM's leadership.

Too busy to pull up the story now.

Al - in the Minneapolis Airport on the way back from (you know where)



>Well,   I think Thompson was once the head of the AS/400 division.    So he
>and Palmisano have at least heard of the AS/400(even though Lou says he
>has).     If you read the article,  it kinda mirrors what Bob Tipton's
>speech was at COMMON.   IBM hasn't got a leader that is driven to be the
>best in anything(except maybe keeping Wall Street happy).
>
>We will see.
>
>John Carr
>
>------------------------------
>I'd be interested to have your opinion on this John.
>I have no idea who those guys are but I'm interested in how they will
>affect the AS400 environment.
>TIA
>
>Pascal Bellerose
>-----Message d'origine-----
>
>Is this good news or neutral for the AS/400 ??
>
>http://www.infoworld.com/articles/hn/xml/00/07/24/000724hnibmcoo.xml
>
>  International Business Machines Corp. said on Monday it named company
>  veteran Samuel Palmisano as its president and chief operating
>  officer, laying the groundwork for the possible succession of
>  chairman and chief executive Louis Gerstner.
>
>  <SNIP>
>
>  The company, the world's No. 1 computer maker, also said it named
>  John Thompson as vice chairman, effective Sept. 1.
>
>  <SNIP>
>  John Carr
>
>
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