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Bruce, You've shattered the nail on the head...:-) (Since it's "agin" my principles to write anything this short...;-) I'm even enjoying learning a little *nix. That's breaking down a barrier that's stood for about 20 years...! If they'd just get the DCG (Design Control Group) to make standard command names, and added CL-style syntax and prompting with the man pages online... I'd be a convert...! jt > -----Original Message----- > From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com > [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Bruce Barrett > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 5:13 PM > To: midrange-l@midrange.com > Subject: RE: Green screen - it's time is over > > > No problem, jt. > I just intended that you seemed to have hit the nail on the head. > All the talk lately that about the hardware and software what it > does and doesn't do better now is just a pain. > Like the whole machine, hardware and software, evolving we need > to also. It's not the 38 or the AS/400 but the iSeries, it has > changed so we need to also or get left behind. > I miss some of the "old" ways we were able to do things, and the > new challenges of the more openness of the iSeries, but we are > here to do our best to deliver the best solution, period. > IBM using CNIFT, charging more or less for a product or service. > It's evolution. Yes, it may cost a little more but the bottom > line is still, it's the best in town for what we use it for, now > and for the short term future. > Times change, we need to also. They are called growing pains, or > hang nails. > Ever forward. This is one of the best platforms out there and > the best bunch of people to admit knowing for their knowledge and > support of the community we are part of. > > > >>> jt@ee.net 11/13/01 01:28PM >>> > Bruce, > > I apologize if I was blunt. > > I don't believe that ANY one person has all the answers. I sure don't > believe that I do.. So why should I think that someone else > does? I think > the way some posts are written (**mine for example**) they seem > to imply the > author has all the answers. It's never THAT simple. > > Again, sorry if I over-did it. > > jt > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com > > [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Bruce Barrett > > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 2:25 PM > > To: midrange-l@midrange.com > > Subject: RE: Green screen - it's time is over > > > > > > I stand corrected. > > > > >>> jt@ee.net 11/13/01 10:04AM >>> > > uh... Bruce, > > > > Some other folks (Rob Dixon, Nathan, Brad...) on this list are > > probably too > > much of a gentleman. I'm not, so I'm not gonna let that statement stand > > without comment. > > > > Joe may have expressed it more succinctly. Be he is HARDLY the > > ONLY one to > > hold this, and similar, views. > > > > jt > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) > > mailing list > > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) > mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) > mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. >
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