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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 > > -- > 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. > > > > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > > > > > -- > 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. > > -- "Enter any 11-digit prime number to continue..." "In Hebrew SQL, how do you use right() and left()?..." - Random Thought "If all you have is a hammer, all your problems begin to look like nails"
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