RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Turnidge, Dave" <DTurnidge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually, I think this horse has already been beaten to death. The point
has been made made made made made made made, and it isn't going to make
anyone happier to have to read it again again again again again again...
:-( 

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James H H Lampert
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 12:08 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

"Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> the name was changed so
> we could stop focusing on name changes

Is it just me, or does that sound just a little contradictory? Almost
oxymoronic?

For my own part, this whole thread reminds me of two
things:

Many years ago, when Corel bought Ventura Publisher off of Xerox,
summarily discontinued all versions of it other than WinDoze, and then
began turning it into something that looks more like PageFaker than
Ventura, they sent me a letter "offering" me a free "upgrade" to the
latest WinDoze version. I sent back a letter informing them that as a
classic DOS/GEM edition user, I'd rather fight than switch, and telling
them what they could do with their supposed "upgrade."

The other thing is the very root of the "rather fight than switch"
slogan: an old tobacco ad campaign in which those who sucked the fumes
of a particular brand of cigarette (it starts with a "T" and ends with
an "N") would rather fight than switch, and sported black eyes to prove
it.

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JHHL
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