Re: Unexpected package

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Net is this belongs on the iSeries Nation site not here.

A. Ports

In a message dated 11/23/2001 5:38:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, jt@ee.net
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> Subj: RE: Unexpected package
> Date: 11/23/2001 5:38:47 PM Eastern Standard Time
> From:    jt@ee.net (jt)
> Sender:    midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:midrange-l@midrange.com">midrange-l@midrange.com</A>
> To:    midrange-l@midrange.com
>
> I agree, Neil.
>
> And ya know...?  There's an old saying that "There aren't any dumb
> questions...  Only dumb answers..."
>
> I actually believe that...  (Although I've pushed the envelope on some of my
> questions.. For example: "Does the ENDOSAMA cmd stand for End OS Annual
> Maintenance Agreement"...  Whew...!  THAT one sure pushed the envelope...;-)
>
>
> Some folks obviously think it's a dumb question for me to ask the following:
> Is there something the iNation can do to help preserve the outstanding
> legacy of the 38/400/i platform?!?  Given the current conditions in the
> market, and in IBM...?
>
> It IS a dumb question, in a sense..  Because it's a question that has no
> single best answer...  But my experience is that these kind of "dumb
> questions" sometimes get modified, and a good question results.  I've seen
> this frequently, in looking at different techniques to code programs, for
> example.  A technique that **won't even compile** is modified, sometimes
> leading to a completely different technique, which then works like a
> champ...
>
>
> I wish I could say: I think my question about the iNation would be a similar
> case in point...  But there's no way of knowing, for sure...
>
> jt
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