RE: Revenues down in 3RD quarter.

["Dan Bale" <dbale@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Strictly on the subject of OS/400 on the desktop:
  Would I love it?  YES!
  Could I afford it or justify the expense to my 
     spouse?  Probably not.  But ask me again 
     after I win the lottery.  <g>

db

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / Shields, Ken
> Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 2004 8:35 AM
> 
> Rebuttal:
>       - Packed decimal representation of data was an IBM 
> fondling, designed early in computing
>         history to save disk space...ps, have a terra byte...
>       - Character set code pages will always be required in 
> multi-lingual settings, I just don't see 
>         a Country or Language called IBM...CCSID is the mechanism
>       - We're not switching to Ascii when ftpying files, we're 
> converting data to Ascii (time loss)
>       - If you've gotten fond of the nice Gui of other clients, I 
> suspect one day there will be no OS400
>         How about a Midrange poll, on the suggestion of desktop 
> OS400?  Maybe David
>         can orchestrate it.I honestly think, most developers 
> would lov to have it on their desktops.
>       - As for C.A., it's simply a wonderful Gui, EBCDIC to ASCII 
> translation engine. 
> 
> Sorry, but IBM keeps trying to make their own stream, but the 
> fish are just not coming.
> 
> E&OE
> Ken Shields