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  • Subject: Re: "State of the Midrange" by Don Rima
  • From: Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:43:18 +0100

Actually, from some of the data, a TON of these Napster users ARE college age 
(just
remember back to the schools that got mentioned when their band width got 
clogged and
they started trying to block Napster access...)

Eric Kempter wrote:

> I wonder how many of those e-mails came from people old enough to vote.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Chuck Lewis [SMTP:clewis@iquest.net]
> Sent:   Tuesday, August 22, 2000 12:23 AM
> To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:        Re: "State of the Midrange" by Don Rima
>
> Rob Dixon wrote:
>
> <--- HUGE snip --->
>
> <Perhaps we should take some action - all write to Lou direct or even better 
>all
> subscribers to this and other lists should turn up at an agreed time at Lou's 
>office
> with the media in tow.  That would increase the number of people who had 
>heard of the
> AS/400 if nothing else.>
>
> Writing Lou would be a good idea IF we could get LOTS of folks to DO IT !!! 
>And do it
> well...
>
> Not that this is apples to apples but Napster posted a plea for users to 
>email their
> folks in Congress and provided a link, etc. and RIGHT before the trial AND the
> hearings where Congress basically did nothing but say, and rightfully so, 
>this needs
> more research, it was reported that EACH Congress person was getting 70,000 
>emails on
> average !!! It got attention...
>
> Chuck
>
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