RE: Zeitler call comments

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Anne,

I like your attitude!  (Honest!)  I admit to being surprised that any IBM'er
would suggest calling Rochester on a impending failure involving a 10-year
old AS/400 running an OS that hasn't been supported in probably seven years.
The other funny thing we found out as a result of this situation was that
this box isn't even under a service agreement.

This is not a business killer situation for us now.  We did a full backup
over the weekend, and are now saving our development work offline several
times each day.  If this box does go down before we get the new drive in,
we'll just have to stress our other v3r2 box for a few days until we get the
replacement drive.

I apologize that I haven't had the chance to listen to Mr. Z yet.  I've got
a killer commute for another month or so that just obliterates any free time
I would usually have.  Because you asked, I promise I will check it out at
my first opportunity.

- Dan Bale
(I am *NOT* "Dale"
http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200105/msg00281.html )
SAMSA, Inc.
989-790-0507
DBale@SAMSA.com <mailto:DBale@SAMSA.com>
  Quiquid latine dictum sit altum viditur.
  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Anne Lucas
Sent: Saturday, April 27, 2002 10:55 AM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Zeitler call comments


I clipped a few of your comments into a separate note ...  but first...
this stream of notes, Dan on your impending DASD failure... have you talked
with anyone in Rochester?  Anything I can do to get the right IBMer
helping??

OK ... do me a big favor, pls listen to the replay of Bill Zeitler's
call....
http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/audience/Homepage.wss?view=ination
See if you don't hear the #1 guy for IBM hardware say without any doubt
that iSeries is central to the IBM hardware strategy ...