RE: i NATION ListServer Confusion/ownership

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

I agree with just about everything you're saying !  These are the very things being discussed, by a few people, on the new ListServer.

 

But I'll have to say that the things you've written, while 99.9% correct (IMO) only cover a part of the story.

 

There have been many valid complaints about the way things currently are.  But as a strategy for promoting constructive change, complaining about IBM and hoping they will change is about a effective as...

 

Well, it ain't.  It's been tried...  With limited results.

 

The iNation offers, at least the possibility, of a better way.  But IMHO the iNation can't reach anything close to it's full potential unless the Community takes an active role.  Hopefully that will be the focus of this new list. 

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

jt

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Portal39@aol.com
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 8:53 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: i NATION ListServer Confusion/ownership

I appreciate your comments and web offer on iSeries Nation.  It might work
for the choir but one hopes, even dreams one day IBM will do something to get
others knowledgeable of this wonderful system.  Using the iSeries Nation
theme to move out to the rest of the worlds, get new business opportunities,
aid and build a marketing campaign would be great.  We all want IBM to bring
new customers into the fold, new talent, new opportunities and nothing is
happening from the IBM side.

We knock ourselves out and IBM makes it tougher for us.

The iSeries 400 can only grow so far within the existing boundaries.  New
players have to come in else erosion will wipe out the base to a point that
iSeries no longer contributes solidly to IBMs bottom line.  Once that hits
the system, the people are all history soon to be forgotten.

We are getting our ass wiped from SUN and NT and UNIX for the sake of
advertising to the outside world. Lack of presents. iSeries Nation was
created NOW USE IT AS A BASE and Mantra. Write on sidewalks, the sides of
taxis, buses, in  the captive   airplane  magazines, financial and industry/
trade papers.

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