RE: REAL GRASSROOTS iSeries Nation (was RE: OS/4I ) -- MIDRANGE-L

I kid around a lot...  Sometimes maybe too much.

I thought I should clarify this post in case Don, or others, thought I was
just jerking his chain.

When I left the AAG my wife and I offered to donate $1000 to the cause.  I,
along with others, thought that the group could benefit by forming a legal
entity that would be able to collect tax-deductible contributions.  (Mr.
Madden had talked about trying to put together a donation of ad space, if it
could be tax-deductible.)  I also thought this might provide the group with
a start towards building some organizational structure.  And maybe help
David upgrade his listserv to a 400 running Stalker, like IGNITe does, to
provide near-realtime delivery.

So I'm offering this donation, since that one was never claimed, and I
believe these things are just as important today, as it was then.  (And
that's not just because I've been banned from the IGNITe lists.)  So even
though Don and I have had our differences, I am completely serious about
offering this donation.  Our company would offer $500 dollars, if it was
tax-deductible.  I say only $500, because I think Don is overlooking the
point I made earlier in quoting John Meyers:  "I feel that we have a shared
interest with IBM in seeing it happen ... neither we nor IBM can do it
alone."

But _any_ grassroots effort is a huge step forward.  I'll save the remaining
$500 in case others spring up, or the iNation itself turns into a grassroots
effort.

Now, $500 isn't a lot by some standards, but is a whole lot by others.  It's
a lot to me and my wife because, even though I'm President of The Ohio
Computer System Co, that company is just the two of us.  She's working on an
MBA now, and I'm f*rting around with this stuff.  So this money means a lot
more to us now, than it did when we first offered it, and it was a pretty
big deal to us back then.

All that to say, I'm dead serious about this offer.  And only do it because
I really hope Don gets something started.

jt



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of jt
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 8:40 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: REAL GRASSROOTS iSeries Nation (was RE: OS/4I )


Don wrote: "Why do you think the REAL GRASSROOTS iSeries Nation Phoenix is
getting ready to rise from the ashes of 'IBM as usual'????"

Don, what is the address of this REAL GRASSROOTS iSeries Nation.  I'd like
to send them a donation, if it's tax-deductible.

Thanks.

jt



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 7:48 PM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: OS/4I




Uh, no comment at this time......  Source is classified.  And any
differences made to the platform are moot exersizes in (prefix
deleted)'ing off unless they HAVE SOME MARKETING TO THE NON-AS400 MARKET!

Refer to the quote as stated in your periodicals and MC's of the JDE
guy...

Why do you think the REAL GRASSROOTS iSeries Nation Phoenix is getting
ready to rise from the ashes of "IBM as usual"????

Don

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On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Joanna Moore wrote:

> Hi Don - I'm going to do a little write up of this possible name change
for
> the AS/400 Network. Where did you hear about this? Would you like to
comment
> on whether this will make a difference to the platform? Is it a smart
move?
> Does it matter?
>
> Thanks,
> Joanna
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [mailto:dr2@cssas400.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 10:21 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: OS/4I
>
>
>
>
> Anyone heard of OS/4I?
>
> Evidently this is something in our near future from IBM...
>
> Don in DC
>
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