RE: The weasels at IIR.ORG -- MIDRANGE-L

There must be something going on behind the scenes.  If MC was profitable
and IIR wanted to get out of the business, the common strategy would be to
sell the publication to the MC management.  The "scorched earth" policy of
unceremoniously dumping a profitable publication (if MC really was
profitable on its own, i.e. without cheap shared corporate services, etc.)
can't be the whole story.  IIR might be after another similar publication
and wouldn't want an independent MC as a competitor, or perhaps Penton Media
(News/400 publisher) is buying IIR; IIR is right up Penton's alley.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Winchester Terry
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 11:55 AM
To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
Subject: RE: The weasels at IIR.ORG

Bill,

I thought this post by Shannon was interesting.  Apparently
their still making money.....better than the competition.
It sounds like GREED to me :-(

[Quote]

>>Shannon O'Donnell wrote:
>> This came as a complete surprise to everyone. IIR Publications decided
>> that MC wasn't making enough profit for them. That's not to say that
>> MC wasn't making any money, because it way. In fact, more than our
>> competition. However, for IIR Publications, from what I understand,
>> the profit just wasn't enough.

[End Quote]

-----Original Message-----
From: bill.reger@convergys.com [mailto:bill.reger@convergys.com]
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 11:05 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: The weasels at IIR.ORG



Reeve,

I always enjoyed Midrange Computing and I can understand your frustration
with IIR for shutting them down.  However, the reality of business today is
that businesses sometimes lose money and eventually have to close the
doors.  Many of us have (or know of others who have) experienced this harsh
fact of business today firsthand.  Consider all the "dot.com's" that have
shut down in the last year.  It's no fun for employees and its no fun for
employers either.

Maybe IIR could have handled the situation differently, although we don't
know the particulars, only the result.  I suspect that the people at IIR
are not weasels and probably thought long and hard about the realities of
their business.  Being a decisionmaker is not always fun nor easy.

Bill

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