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

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Likewise Jim.  I think I was second to last and I even mentioned 
"Getting on with it and getting of this name stuff". I then was cut off 
on my own statements/questions that had to do with IBM partnering and 
open source VAE's, and getting the System i and tools in front of a 
younger audience....

I talked to Pete Massiello at the MOM and I think next Common they plan 
to have a visible clock running and that the moderator will have some 
control of the microphone (like on and off...).

Actually I was OK with the sounding off and even the naming rants would 
have been OK if IBM hadn't addressed it.  However, given the fact that 
Elaine Lennox did such a thorough job of 1. Apologizing 2. Explaining 
the rationale and 3. identifying future plans, she rendered most of the 
remaining discussion moot.  I would have enjoyed more analysis of those 
plans and feedback on whether the approach was sound or not.  Instead it 
seemed like everyone just wanted to let IBM know they were unhappy with 
the "marquee style" naming Merry-Go-Round we've been on even though the 
entire panel said they didn't like the name change routine either.

C'est la vie!  The fall Common town meeting will be better (!)

Pete Helgren


Jim Franz wrote:

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