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hehe. That's like one of those sayings, like 'When hell freezes over', or
'When monkeys fly out of my posterior'. Or for we RPG'ers, "When Not '1' "

On 10/11/05, Marvin Radding <MRadding@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Now there's a thought: IBM to buy Windows. Then the logo would be
> IBM-MS or MS-IBM. What a thought.
>
> Marvin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> jmajor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 9:20 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: RPG naming
>
> Marvin,
>
> I believe the college item is huge... I was fortunate enough that my
> junior college offered some courses in RPG, CL and AS/400 operations. I
>
> was directed from a friend of the family to try it because he stated
> they
> needed more RPG developers in his firm and that was 8 years ago when I
> was
> 18 years old... I have to say that was one of the best moves I have
> ever
> done in my short life.... They have a great professor that heads the
> department and is a consultant on the side so he brings real-life items
> to
> the table for the students... I have to say one thing I was definitely
> the youngest student in the small very small classes most of the others
> came from organizations that were pushing an employee to learn about the
>
> AS/400 ...
>
> All my other classmates went the route of VB....
>
> I think we change the name and place the Windows logo on it and I bet
> the
> students would come running..... ha ha :0)
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Marvin Radding" <MRadding@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> 10/11/2005 11:08 AM
> Please respond to
> RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> To
> "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc
>
> Subject
> RE: RPG naming
>
>
>
>
>
>
> It simple but maybe impossible. Port the OS/400 to the PC platform.
> Once both machine run the same operating system, they will migrate.
>
> Or you could do like Apple attempted to do back in the 70's and 80's.
> Donate enough machines to colleges and schools so that a significant
> portion of the student population is prejudice toward your
> hardware/software that when the time for decisions approaches, they will
> go with what is familiar.
>
> Simple? Yes. Possible? Probably not.
>
> Marvin
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 8:01 AM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: Re: RPG naming
>
> Joe,
>
> interesting thing about 60's/70's Rock (classic rock) is that the
> current
> generation of kids is picking it up and adopting it
> as thier own... It is interesting to listen to 60's rock being played
> on
> Disney's kids channel on XM radio.
>
>
> Now, how do we get kids to pickup i5/os and leave lesser o/s's like
> windows
> and unix aside or for thier niche market?
>
> Don in DC
>
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