Re: Did ITJungle say Common was a waste of time?

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

i did stand up (was the last in line with a question about the s36 
environment direction..
jim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 5:55 PM
Subject: Re: Did ITJungle say Common was a waste of time?


> Whether it was blather or not, this is the Town Hall meeting. It is 
> designed
> to express your opinions to IBM. If you sit on the sidelines - or leave -
> and then whine about it after the show, then your opinion is not worth 
> much
> to IBM. Many of you could have stood up before the repetition began.
>
> Get involved.
> Stop whining...
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Franz"
> Subject: Re: Did ITJungle say Common was a waste of time?
>
>
> > There was a lot more going on at Common than just the Town Hall meeting.
> > I would agree the open mike period had a few good points made within
> > an extreme amount of repetitive blathering. Many in the hall were
> > disgusted
> > with our side of the meeting.
> > I did get a lot of value from this Common, and found IBMer's more
> > than willing to discuss a variety of issues, technical as well as
> > marketing
> > and
> > future directions. I've been to a dozen or so conferences & this was just
> > as
> > good
> > or better than previous. The facilities in Minneapolis were great.
> >
> > Jim Franz
>
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