Re: Update from Bourbon St, uh, COMMON..... -- MIDRANGE-L

how do we get a iNation tee-shirt?
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "jt" <jt@ee.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 12:32 PM
Subject: RE: Update from Bourbon St, uh, COMMON.....


> Don,
>
> Any news on the iSeries Nation "Freedom Council"?  Like who's on the
Council
> and what came out of the inaugural meeting 5/15?  (When I saw it mentioned
> on the website, I was hoping Neil and/or Chuck made it on the Council.  I
> also hope it's not just for show.)
>
> I looked on the iNation homepage for info, but didn't see any.  But at
least
> they got rid of the cheesy icons.
>
> J. Toran
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 10:51 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Update from Bourbon St, uh, COMMON.....
>
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> well, it's Thursday morning and there's alot of butts dragging around the
> conference.
>
> Between the combination of early morning meetings (7 a.m.local OY!) and
> late nite "technical discussion sessions" and cheering at Cats, this has
> been a very full week.
>
> Predominately all the classes and labs are within easy walking distance.
> Closest they've been to each other in some time...my tired toes are rather
> happy.
>
> Although the dates were changed, the facilities have been really nice and
> there's no such thing as having to walk 1/2 way around the Dome to get to
> your next session...major save on the toes.
>
> IBM caught their traditional earfull at Soundoff:  Where's the marketing,
> v5r1 beta bugs, and a few of the usual gripes.  Buell Duncan was refered
> to the iSeries config manuals to understand that contrary to his CBNC .COM
> statements, there's ALOT more to a iSeries box than being a NT and eunochs
> server....:)  The array of IBM'ers up on the gallows row for soundoff was
> decent.  It was good to see sectional management and authority present to
> either field or "take back" items.
>
> Malcolm's new "film" was debuted and recieved positive response.
>
> Biggest complaint: not enough time to be in multiple venues.
>
> MOM actually didn't have much in the bitching department at all.  Was a
> rather positive and short meeting, albeit with lower attendance...perhaps
> no news is good news.
>
> Labs were finding a few bugs on some of the newer code...
>
> Several nice t-shirts.  The Common and iSeries Nation shirts were really
> decent...
>
>
> It's been fun watching the zanies drag in after a early morning of
> chearing session at The Cat's Meow....:)
>
>
> ...now to drink some more coffee and play a bit more with apache....
>
> Don in DC...in a apache lab on too little sleep.....
>
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