RE: The future of computing

This product is about to be launched, although there's a possibility the
store won't open until Monday.

This is from the President of Userland.  I'd post it to the iNation list...
but then, what's an iNation...?


| -----Original Message-----
| From: John Robb [mailto:jrobb@userland.com]
| Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 1:41 PM
| To: jt
| Subject: Re: Topic for Radio 7.1
|
|
| JT,
|
| Great.  You can forward this message to other people.  Talk to you later
| today.
|
| John
|
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "jt" <jt@ee.net>
| To: "John Robb" <jrobb@userland.com>
| Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 1:23 PM
| Subject: RE: Topic for Radio 7.1
|
|
| > Mr. Robb,
| >
| > Thanks, so much, for the quick reply...!
| >
| > Yes, the iSeries is the renamed AS/400 (which was renamed from
| the S/38 in
| > '88).  They all run the same OS.
| >
| > I'm already working on setting up a Manila portal.  Phase I is gonna be
| > something to test the market, to see what kind of traffic is out there.
| > (You might be interested in this yourself...  It'll be a full-frontal
| > assault on the myths surrounding OSS development.)  I hope to complete
| this
| > in the next week or two.
| >
| > I'm also planning on hosting Radio 7.1 sites on my Apache server.  I'm
| > waiting for info about a promo IBM is offering, so don't have the larger
| > server on order yet.  If it's gonna be a while, I can get started on the
| > smaller server I have now...  (One minor detail, never worked with
| > Apache...;-)
| >
| >
| > Outstanding suggestions for topics, and I hope to use them all.  Problem
| is,
| > I'm only interested in doing the Linux one, and can count on
| little to no
| > help, unfortunately.
| >
| > Yes, I'd like to talk on the phone, at your convenience.  My
| Wife, Karen,
| > and I work out of our home/office.  The unlisted number is
| 614.475.4306...
| > I plan to be in all day, other than for a brief walk, shortly.
| (For which
| > Mr. Winer is a great inspiration...  As hard to get back into old habits
| as
| > to break them.)
| >
| >
| > ===> Do you mind if I forward this to a couple guys?  One would be quite
| > capable of handling the SCM topic, though short on time, like
| all of us...
| >
| >
| > jt
| >
| >
| > | -----Original Message-----
| > | From: John Robb [mailto:jrobb@userland.com]
| > | Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 9:34 AM
| > | To: jt
| > | Subject: Fw: Topic for Radio 7.1
| > |
| > |
| > | JT,
| > |
| > | Sounds like a great idea.  I will work on getting you into the
| > | beta program.
| > |
| > | What I think would work for you is to set up a Manila portal as a
| > | front door
| > | to your iSeries and iNation efforts.  Individuals would use
| Radio 7.1 to
| > | produce Weblogs (K-Logs) that shared their work with iSeries (is this
| the
| > | AS400 series renamed?).  Those personal Weblogs would be hosted on a
| > | standard Apache server as static sites.  The Manila portal would
| > | be used to
| > | point to the individual Weblogs and run RSS feeds as syndication
| > | items (like
| > | http://scobleizer.manilasites.com does with XP) on various topic areas
| > | generated by the personal Weblogs.
| > |
| > | Here are some suggested topic areas for contributions (each run by an
| > | evangelist and provided contributions by iSeries customers/programmers
| > | interested in these topics):
| > |
| > | 1) Running SAP on iSeries
| > | 2) Linux on iSeries
| > | 3) Supply chain management on iSeries
| > |
| > | The Manila portal would also be used to highlight great
| > | contributions.  RSS
| > | subscriptions would allow customers contributing to a
| specific topic the
| > | ability to keep tabs on the contributing Weblogs in their topic area.
| > |
| > | In very little time you would get:
| > |
| > | 1) High quality knowledge exchange by customers and IBM on
| the specific
| > | application areas you focus on which will speed implementation
| > | 2) A plethora of great links in Google on topics like SAP, Linux,
| > | and Supply
| > | Chain Management linked to iSeries
| > | 3) The development of a customer evangelist network to augment sales
| > | activity
| > |
| > | Would you like to talk about this on the phone?  I am working
| today and
| > | tomorrow.
| > |
| > | Sincerely,
| > |
| > | John Robb
| > | President and COO
| > | UserLand Software
| > | www.userland.com
| > | 978-266-0252
| > |
| > | Personal Weblog:  http://jrobb.userland.com
| > | Weblogs for knowledge management:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/klogs
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | ----- Original Message -----
| > | From: "jt" <jt@ee.net>
| > | To: <jrobb@userland.com>
| > | Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 10:15 PM
| > | Subject: Topic for Radio 7.1
| > |
| > |
| > | > Mr. Robb,
| > | >
| > | > Seen a few of your weblogs, and am especially interested in
| your K-log
| > | > posts.  Hope to free up time to get into that more, in the near
| future.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > Saw the item on your Dec. 28 weblog:
| > | >
| > | > "A single person with Radio 7.1 could have the most popular site on
| any
| > | > topic they select.   They could impact an entire market, during the
| > | critical
| > | > early stages, that is potentially worth billions.  My
| thinking is that
| > | there
| > | > are individuals out there that are smart enough to build sites
| > | like Pauls.
| > | > Name your topic, contact me (jrobb@userland.com) and let's get
| going..."
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > I've been busy, for over a year now, on such a topic:  a
| > | collaboration of
| > | > IBM and it's customers, called the iSeries Nation.
| > | > (http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/nation/)  The
| > | iSeries is one
| > | > of the four eServer platforms...  (The one nobody's heard of.)  It's
| > | > customers have (AFAIK) always scored the highest among IBM's
| > | computers, as
| > | > well as the industry as a whole, on customer satisfaction.
| > | >
| > | > The loyalty of these users makes Mac fans look like a bunch
| of pikers.
| > | > These guys stick with the platform, in spite of the fact that the
| entire
| > | > industry thinks the iSeries is a joke.  Now, THAT'S loyalty...!
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > I proposed the idea to Mr. Zeitler (President of the Server Group,
| IBM),
| > | > about 3 months before it was invented by the Marketing Department of
| the
| > | > iSeries Division...  (See
| > | > http://archive.midrange.com/isn-citizens/200112/msg00002.html and
| > | > follow-ups: msg00012 & 13.)  Well, the idea just hasn't quite taken
| hold
| > | in
| > | > the Community of iSeries loyal users.
| > | >
| > | >
| > | > I think Radio 7.1 could be useful, in this regard.  I think
| > | iSeries user's
| > | > (several hundred thousand programmers and millions of users) may be
| able
| > | to
| > | > benefit from Radio technology.  If they can, they will likewise
| benefit
| > | > UserLand.
| > | >
| > | > I talked to Robert Scoble about getting on the 7.1 Beta, but
| > | haven't seen
| > | > it, yet.  I sure would like to get a head-start on this software.
| > | >
| > | > jt
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| >
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