Re: IBM investment in i

Nathan,

In defense of Neil, I think his focus is a concern over the future of the
IBM i operating system. This is a concern for everyone who has a stake here.
However, I don't think Neil has quite the narrow view that you suggest.

Certainly, he ~presents~ a very narrow view under the approach that the
emperor has no clothes, and you should tell said emperor. And some of his
observations can be lumped under a category of "the emperor is wearing
clothes I don't like, I better tell him he is naked". And, from reading
Neil's rants, it ~seems~ like he hates all IBMers equally and that he thinks
all IBMers are painted with a brush of ignorance and/or complicity.

He has shown us a one-sided perspective here, but I think he is not that
narrow in real life. Of course, it IS hard to read between the lines on this
one-dimensional forum, and Neil has certainly been arguing his "emperor"
case strongly.

Maybe Neil can point out some of the things he LIKES about IBM, IBMers, and
IBM i? That might remove the Quixotic tag you have added to his name?

Trevor



On 5/8/08 10:59 AM, "Nathan Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Neil,

The itjungle article titled "IBM Changes Name Back to AS/400, Promises

Return to Glory, TV Ads" was just an April Fools joke. It appears that
you

took the article way too seriously! The article's author

(Cervantes) should

have given you a clue that it was only a spoof.

Cervantes was actually the

author of "Don Quixote". Don Quixote's mind

became so myopically focused on

fictional tales of knightly intrigue

that he began interpreting every event

of ordinary life in the context

of his fictional readings, and provided a

premise for dozens of

hillarious stories of how Don Quixote drew erroneous

conclusions about

the people and events he faced.

It appears that your view

of IBM i has become so myopically focused,

that you're drawing the erroneous

conclusion that it's fate is the same

as OS/2.

The cure may not be simple,

but it may help if you were to install Zend

core, or one of the other new

technologies that run under IBM i, and see

if it broadens your view. You

somehow need to get past CPF.

Nathan.