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Was or IS ? :) Problem with the analogy is I wonder if there's iSeries life after eServer... ------ On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 barsa@barsaconsulting.com wrote: > > Pete, > > IBM's version of new Coke was the eServer. > > Al > > Al Barsa, Jr. > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC > > 400>390 > > 914-251-1234 > 914-251-9406 fax > > http://www.barsaconsulting.com > http://www.taatool.com > > > > > > > Pete Massiello > <pmassiello@os-solu To: midrange-l@midrange.com > tions.com> cc: > Sent by: Subject: Re: SOM/DSOM > midrange-l-admin@mi > drange.com > > > 12/18/01 12:17 PM > Please respond to > midrange-l > > > > > > > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Al, > > I agree with you 100%, yet there are people that would complain for > the exact opposite reason that the AS/400 was not jumping on the new > technologies nor adapting the new stuff quick enough. Unfortunately, > its hard to please everyone. > > Think back years ago when everyone was TCP/IP, and the AS/400 was > SNA, and could not even spell IP. Now, it has a great offering in the > TCP world. > > SOM/DSOM was an absolute abortion, and the lesson should be printed > up and given to every new IBM development and marketing employee in the > company. Its IBM's version of "New Coke". > > JMHO > > Pete > > barsa@barsaconsulting.com wrote: > > >Don, > > > >What you are saying is consistent with my feelings. IBM now adds the > >technology de jour to the system, without taking the time to determine if > >it is viable. > > > >I the olden days, IBM would wait to see that a given technology would make > >it, and then add it to the system. > > > >As a user community "we" (but, not I Batman) would say to IBM that the > >AS/400 was slow to market. IBM's contention is that they waited and got > it > >hardened before it's released. Now IBM's done an about face. They bring > >out the technology de jour, and harden it up in the field. > > > >You just can't have it both ways. > > > >Al > > > >Al Barsa, Jr. > >Barsa Consulting Group, LLC > > > >400>390 > > > >914-251-1234 > >914-251-9406 fax > > > >http://www.barsaconsulting.com > >http://www.taatool.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Don > > <dr2@cssas400.com> To: > midrange-l@midrange.com > > Sent by: cc: > > midrange-l-admin@mi Subject: SOM/DSOM > > drange.com > > > > > > 12/18/01 10:59 AM > > Please respond to > > midrange-l > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >As I recall at a west coast COMMON, Jarosh got a ear full from at least > >one person that had a sizeable inventment in SOM/DSOM and IBM seemed > >rather ambivalent when he complained about having the rug pulled out from > >under him... Perhaps that's why I haven't seen him at any COMMON's of > >recent history.... > > > > > > > >>While I'm on the topic, I don't take every recommendation from IBM as > >>gospel truth. A very senior IBM exec said to me many years ago, that if > >> > >I > > > >>don't immediately drop RPG, and start doing all of my programming in SOM > >>and DSOM, that I would be bankrupt in five years. > >> > >>Al > >> > >>Al Barsa, Jr. > >>Barsa Consulting Group, LLC > >> > >>400>390 > >> > >>914-251-1234 > >>914-251-9406 fax > >> > >>http://www.barsaconsulting.com > >>http://www.taatool.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Jeff Crosby > >> <jlcrosby@dilgardfo To: Midrange Mailing > >> > >List <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> > > > >> ods.com> cc: > >> Sent by: Subject: Officevision > >> > >Help Documents > > > >> midrange-l-admin@mi > >> drange.com > >> > >> > >> 12/18/01 08:36 AM > >> Please respond to > >> midrange-l > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>We have 2 Officevision documents left (getting close!) that are help > >>documents. I.E. they have the special tags and whatnot to be used for > >>application help. > >> > >>Has anyone run across a slick way to convert these to another type of > >>help? Such as UIM or whatever. > >> > >>Thanks. > >> > >>-- > >>-Jeff > >> > >>New email address: jlcrosby@dilgardfoods.com > >> > >>The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily > >>the opinion of my company. Unless I say so. > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>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. > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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. > > > >. > > > > -- > Pete Massiello > OS Solutions International > Phone: (203)-744-7854 Ext 11. > http://www.os-solutions.com > mailto:pmassiello@os-solutions.com > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > 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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