Re: Malcolm Haines resigns from IBM (Elvis)

[Neil Palmer <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, whether I think Lou is a mother or not is another story !  ;-)

...Neil





Chuck Lewis <clewis@iquest.net>
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2001/07/20 11:54
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The "mother" that Neil refers to would be Sir Lou, I imagine...

jt wrote:

> Neil,
>
> Maybe I read too much in between the lines...:-)
>
> Who in your mind is "mother"...?
>
> "Mother" could be interpreted as Ms. Kimberly S. Stevenson, who is the
> "Executive in charge" of the iNation.  I hope that's not who you mean,
> because I've found Ms. Stevenson to be extremely enlightened in her 
approach
> to the iNation.  Now, I'll grant that Ms. Stevenson has probably NEVER
> written even a single line of code on a 38/400/i, so her appreciation of 
the
> iSeries may be somewhat abstract.  That doesn't necessarily mean she 
doesn't
> apprecieate it _just as much as_ we do.
>
> "Mother" could also be interpreted to mean the Server Group, or as some 
may
> think them, "The Overlords".  I would hope you don't mean that, as the
> Server Group approved the iNation and allowed Mr. Haines' to pursue this
> dream in the first place.
>
> No matter what the reference meant, maybe the iSeries Community should 
just
> take things at their face value.  From Chuck's post, it seems that Mr.
> Haines is pursuing a new dream.  Who would deny him that opportunity...?
> I'm sure Mr. Haines necessarily has butted a few heads in his career, 
but
> why assume he's being run off by those who didn't always agree with him,
> rather than take a positive slant on the situation...?  I can't imagine 
he
> would have stuck with the iNation concept, this long, if he hadn't met 
some
> with both approval and disapproval, along the way...
>
> jJt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Neil Palmer
> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 2:45 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Malcolm Haines resigns from IBM (Elvis)
>
> For those who didn't get the "Elvis" reference, there it is in plain
> English.
>
> If Frank Soltis is considered the "father" of the AS/400 (S/38 - 
iSeries)
> then I guess Malcolm was like a "step-father" who always wanted the best
> of everything for the "child" (AS/400) but often found himself running
> against the wishes of the "mother" (Irene Beatrice McCorporation).   :-)




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