RE: An AS/400 has been saved! [Was: Ready to....] -- MIDRANGE-L

Kudos to you all!  This is great!  

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Wesloskie [mailto:dwesloskie@altatennis.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 9:34 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: An AS/400 has been saved! [Was: Ready to....]
> 
> 
> I would like to thank the following people:
> 
> Richard Jackson
> Kelly Schmotzer
> Carl Galgano
> Jeff Silberberg
> Alex Moore
> Sharon Burke
> Pam Fryer
>  
> who actually took the time to talk to me, meet with me or offer 
> help in other ways, so that the AS/400 community would not lose
> one of its own.  They are the true believers in the AS/400 and
> the products that it runs.  They did not talk about what someone
> should be doing to save the AS/400, they took action to save one.
> 
> As for our business partner, they are history.  When it was decided
> to go with the AS/400 as the platform, ALTA purchased the largest
> model and configuration within its budget.  I don't see anything
> wrong with that.  When it was decided to run Domino on the box,
> ALTA went with the BP's recommendation, not what they have allegedly
> recommended.  We happen to be running the 2290 processor.  After
> talking to Kelly Schmotzer, I was told the lowest recommended
> processor is the 2292.  So either the BP did not know what they were
> talking about, (so much for certification), or they lied to us.
> Giving them the benefit of the doubt, that they just did not know
> what they were talking about, they went and lied to someone on this
> list about what they recommended, and to whom they had no business
> lying to.  I am not the only one in Atlanta who feels this way 
> about this BP. So, they are gone.  One of the amusing things to 
> come out of this, is that they had raised some concerns about what 
> was being said "on that internet chat room".  It sure sounds like 
> they know what they are talking about.
> 
> So in the next few weeks, we will be removing Domino from the 170
> and giving it it's own "pigpen", because we really do need to do
> the job we are trying to do.  I just wanted to thank everyone who
> was part of the solution,(out of how many on this list) and give
> credit to those it was due.
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