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Hello , What is going on.. Thanks & Regards Mahesh Pawar Project Manager System & Software, SDF IV,Unit 123, Seepz, Mumbai, India. Phone# : 0091-22-28290075,28291824 Fax #: 0091-22-28292578(Fax) Visit us on :www.systsoft.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Simon Coulter <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 4:20 PM Subject: Re: IBM needs more than cool tattoos, say users > > On Thursday, March 18, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Joep Beckeringh wrote: > > > Ah, I wondered about that one. Must be Greek, then? And what's it mean? > > Aramaic actually. Presuming I'm right (and I usually am :-) it is a > reference to: > > Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin > > which means counted, counted, weighed, divided. It comes from the Book > of Daniel (in the historical fiction known as the Bible) where a > disembodied hand wrote those words on the wall of King Belshazzar's > palace. Daniel interpreted the words to mean King Belshazzar wasn't up > to scratch, he'd get his arse kicked by the Medes and the Persians, and > his kingdom would be taken from him. Darius brought the prophecy to > fruition. Another case of "As it is written, so shall it be" (Rameses) > or "Make it so" (Jean-Luc Picard) if you prefer. > > I could see the same message being sent to the managers at IBM (Armonk, > not Rochester because I think Rochester know what they want to do but > are hamstrung by the tossers upstairs). > > See also The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam where Qatrain 51 refers to the > same story: > The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, > Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit > Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, > Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it. > > Unkind souls could find parallels between the above and the wishes of > OS/400 devotees (just to keep this marginally on track). > > > Quidquid id est, timeo IBM et dona ferens. (Or should that be > > 'ferentes'? IBM is plural, strictly speaking). > > IBM is an organisation and is more properly referred to in the singular > because the acronym IBM is a proper noun. The best gift from IBM would > be to cut Rochester loose, but with a patent sharing arrangement, and > we could watch the cream rise to the top. Wouldn't that be > fun--developing and selling a system designed to make life easier for > the customer rather than generating services revenue for all and sundry. > > Regards, > Simon Coulter. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > FlyByNight Software AS/400 Technical Specialists > > http://www.flybynight.com.au/ > Phone: +61 3 9419 0175 Mobile: +61 0411 091 400 /"\ > Fax: +61 3 9419 0175 \ / > X > ASCII Ribbon campaign against HTML E-Mail / \ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list > To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l > or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- Systems & Software, Mumbai, India Sent using PostMaster by QuantumLink Communications Pvt Ltd One Internet account, unlimited personal e-mail addresses Get your free copy of PostMaster at http://www.postmaster.co.in/
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