Re: iNation privleges offer or Tax?

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's not for you, Brad - it is to spread the word to others. The
uninitiated,
unclean, uninformed masses. Or you boss. And IBM is not selling it, a
Business Partner is (probably the same cd BP's use to convince their
customers).
It would be real nice if IBM put one of these in the next issue of Time
magazine
and told the world, but I lost that dream long ago.
<spread the word>
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Stone, Brad V (TC)" <bvstone@taylorcorp.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 8:14 AM
Subject: RE: iNation privleges offer or Tax?


> > But in the end, I decided Jim Franz was right...  So I got
> > over it, and
> > decided to cough up the $22.90.  If you're going to do things
> > to help the
> > iSeries Community, it will cost you time and/or money.  And
> > yeah...  It will
> > have a side-effect of benefiting IBM, too.
>
> I dont need to pay 22.90 to have someone tell me the iSeries is a good
> machine.  If you do, good for you.  Do you really think IBM needs your
> "benefiting" by buying this CD?
>
> >
> > But if you wait for IBM to do it all, and for IBM to pay for it all...
> > Well...  I think that's what everyone's been doing for years now, and
> > progress has been slow.  I think the effort of individual
> > iCitzens is what's
> > going to make the big difference in the future.  This here CD
> > is one way to
> > make a small difference...
>
> Man, you should have saved your 22.90 and bought a clue, JT.  There are
> quite a few iSeries proponents that pour their heart and soul into the
> machine and the "nation" that existed before IBM started theirs.  Saying
> "everyone is waiting for IBM to do and pay for it all" is WAY off base.
>
> Brad
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