RE: IBM a personal comment

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken, there is one opportunity you might want to take advantage of: local
user groups.

I just was appointed to the board of the OMNI User Group here in
Chicago, and the entire mission of these groups is education.  And while
there are a number of things the LUGs need to address, one of the big
ones is to reach out to both non-iSeries shops and those iSeries shops
which are being pushed to get rid of the box, to get the word out.

It also means debunking some of the myths about application development.
I'm beginning to do some of that at the IAAI.  It really is about
getting the word out, and thought it's hard, it's a worthwhile battle.

Joe



> From: Shields, Ken
> 
>       Jack, thank you for your enthusiasm, but I really think it's
> somewhat mis-placed.
>       Most of us poor IT workers, and businesses specializing in the
IBM
> mid range field are generally too tired when
>       we get home, to go out and 'volunteer' our time to teach the
> uneducated masses.