Re: The demise of Midrange Computing - Is AS/400 is dead ?

[Loyd Goodbar <lgoodbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does this mean there's a future for the Connection Conference?

Loyd

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 11:29:49 -0400, barsa@barsaconsulting.com wrote:

>
>The AS/400 is not dead - it's not even sick.
>
>I have been silent on this subject, but now is the time for me to speak.
>
>RANTMODE(*ON)
>
>Midrange Computing died as a part of the fallout of the economy, and a
>marketplace with too many magazines, and too little advertising dollars.  I
>am a partner  of the AS/400 Education Connection (along with Skip
>Marchessani, Marie Finnegan Cronin, Jack Rioni, Dick Grenham, Jim Sloan and
>Dave Prescott), and we had partnered with MC to run our annual conference.
>I predicted to my partners 13 months ago that MC was so badly managed, that
>they would "fold in a year".  So my timing wasn't perfect?  What can I say.

<snip>

>RANTMODE(*OFF)
>
>I feel much better now.
>
>Al

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