RE: I told you it was coming....it's here. OUR iSeries Nation home page. -- MIDRANGE-L

Don,

I didn't look at everything on your new site, but what I saw sure was
***impressive!***  ***Very high-class!***

I liked your post, too, especially the line "we think the Future is so
bright, you're gonna need a welder's mask...:)"

You've inspired me!  I'm thinking about expanding the scope of my project
(to set up a website dedicated to OSS development) to include other aspects
as well.  I appreciate the downside to having more than one site to express
"the non-IBM, 'user' side of the equation" so I don't know for sure if this
would be a wise move.  My current thinking is that the iSeries Community is
big enough to support more than one view of things, and maybe a little
good-old-fashioned competition would spur each of us on.  Obviously, this
kind of thing is too big for one person to do, so I'm not going to attempt
this as a one-man show.  Just have to see.  If anything does come of it, it
will certainly be the no-class-at-all approach...:-)

One thing that immediately jumped out at me, from a quick look at your site,
was that you have the backing of a lot of the biggest "players", including
IBM's iSeries Nation.  I have to wonder if you even need the $500
contribution I promised your new group.  But as I said before, if you give
me the address of the "iSeries Nation, Inc" the check will be in the mail.
If I don't hear back today, I'll assume you're on such solid footing you
don't need it that much.

Another small question, if you feel like it:  Where did the concept of
having different states come from.  I thought it was a good idea, so I
mentioned it to Mr. Haines (the one time I talked to him back before
COMMON).  I was just wondering...:)

Anyhoo... contgrats on putting up Phase I.  That sure is a milestone!

jt



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Don
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 9:46 PM
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: I told you it was coming....it's here. OUR iSeries Nation home
page.




Those of you that were at the CMC meeting on Thursday in NOLA, heard me
mention a project that was coming down the line that I wasn't prepared to
talk about.

Today, I'm announcing that part I of that project is out of beta and ready
for the light of day.  www.iseriesnation.org

This is just the start.

This is the non-IBM, "user" side of the equation.  You're going to see
things here you NEVER would see at a IBM site.  We have plans to make this
site and concept a major focal point in the iSeries and soon to be eServer
Community.  We're going to be very positive, informative and since we're a
user advocative association, not necessarily politically correct....but,
politely so.

Many of the things that IBM drags their asses on and the
ex-cookie-chef-wannabe in Armonk will never want you to have or the world
to see, we plan on providing.

We're NOT going to reinvent the wheel.  If there's someone already
providing a quality service in a field of need, we're going to tell you to
use them.  Example:  No listserver planned.  Midrange.com and ignite/400
have that covered...and what they don't Yahoo does...

We are planning a regular email delivered eBulletin on events happening
of interest and perhaps ways and persons in the media that may have not
gotten the right word about the iSeries and need some education....etc...

This site is going to be under constant construction.  There's only a
small handfull of us right now, so please be patient on content.  FOlks
that have content or content ideas, please let me know.  Please put
"iSeries Nation User Page:" in the subject line...it helps me ALOT! :)

We're still growing as fast as we can, we not perfect, but we're gonna try
like hell to breach the grand canyon between "party line" and reality.
And, it's time that all those thinking M$ is the best, got a dose of
reality.

Yes, because, we're not IBM, you need to signup a second time, with us.

Since we're user driven, we're not being run by a multi-BILLION dollar
company.  This means, I'm not going to be sending you any tedy bears to
get you to signup.  There aren't any gimmicks here.  We're straight
shooters who have been in the midrange trenches for more years than we
have fingers and toes.  We fully intend to give you content you can use
and need to help keep your day to day, day to day.

We don't have a monopoly on brains or ways to skin the cat, and we're not
bashful to ask.

It's time to let the Phoenix rise....we think the Future is so bright,
you're gonna need a welder's mask...:)

It's time we kicked some ass to save what's important....

It's time you signed up for YOUR iSeries Nation....

Don in DC

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