RE: I told you it was coming....it's here. OUR iSeries Nation home page.

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We're aware on this and workign on it...please check back in a while....

Thanks...



On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, ekempter wrote:

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> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Don
> Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 6:46 PM
> To: Undisclosed recipients:
> Subject: I told you it was coming....it's here. OUR iSeries Nation home
> page.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Those of you that were at the CMC meeting on Thursday in NOLA, heard me
> mention a project that was coming down the line that I wasn't prepared to
> talk about.
> 
> Today, I'm announcing that part I of that project is out of beta and ready
> for the light of day.  www.iseriesnation.org
> 
> This is just the start.
> 
> This is the non-IBM, "user" side of the equation.  You're going to see
> things here you NEVER would see at a IBM site.  We have plans to make this
> site and concept a major focal point in the iSeries and soon to be eServer
> Community.  We're going to be very positive, informative and since we're a
> user advocative association, not necessarily politically correct....but,
> politely so.
> 
> Many of the things that IBM drags their asses on and the
> ex-cookie-chef-wannabe in Armonk will never want you to have or the world
> to see, we plan on providing.
> 
> We're NOT going to reinvent the wheel.  If there's someone already
> providing a quality service in a field of need, we're going to tell you to
> use them.  Example:  No listserver planned.  Midrange.com and ignite/400
> have that covered...and what they don't Yahoo does...
> 
> We are planning a regular email delivered eBulletin on events happening
> of interest and perhaps ways and persons in the media that may have not
> gotten the right word about the iSeries and need some education....etc...
> 
> This site is going to be under constant construction.  There's only a
> small handfull of us right now, so please be patient on content.  FOlks
> that have content or content ideas, please let me know.  Please put
> "iSeries Nation User Page:" in the subject line...it helps me ALOT! :)
> 
> We're still growing as fast as we can, we not perfect, but we're gonna try
> like hell to breach the grand canyon between "party line" and reality.
> And, it's time that all those thinking M$ is the best, got a dose of
> reality.
> 
> Yes, because, we're not IBM, you need to signup a second time, with us.
> 
> Since we're user driven, we're not being run by a multi-BILLION dollar
> company.  This means, I'm not going to be sending you any tedy bears to
> get you to signup.  There aren't any gimmicks here.  We're straight
> shooters who have been in the midrange trenches for more years than we
> have fingers and toes.  We fully intend to give you content you can use
> and need to help keep your day to day, day to day.
> 
> We don't have a monopoly on brains or ways to skin the cat, and we're not
> bashful to ask.
> 
> It's time to let the Phoenix rise....we think the Future is so bright,
> you're gonna need a welder's mask...:)
> 
> It's time we kicked some ass to save what's important....
> 
> It's time you signed up for YOUR iSeries Nation....
> 
> Don in DC
> 
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