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How can I get Mike's whitepaper? -----Original Message----- From: Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 17:12:48 -0400 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. btw - for a later thread - everyone needs to understand what sql tuning features were added to v5r4 and read Mike Cain's (IBM) whitepaper. Jim Franz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Adams" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 4:28 PM Subject: Re: Did ITJungle say Common was a waste of time? > COMMON is a user advocacy group. Whether or not it is successful in > that endeavor depends upon whether or not one's own issues are being > addressed. > > > Among other things COMMON has re-instated the Requirements process. > Actually, re-invented would be a better description since on the old > model one had to attend the conference to enter a requirement. I think > that has been removed. In fact, if I heard (and remembered) correctly, > even non-COMMON members can enter them. > > > I attended the Town Hall meeting last week. I got ticked off and left > after the 10th person during "open mike" griped out "changing the > name." Once was more than enough, plus it was addressed *before* the > "open mike". My point here being that this was a great venue to say > something useful to Mark Shearer that was mostly wasted. > > > * Jerry C. Adams > *IBM System i Programmer/Analyst > B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* * > voice > 615.995.7024 > fax > 615.995.1201 > email > jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Steve Richter wrote: > >>Is, should COMMON be a user advocacy group? >> >>from http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh032706-story01.html >> >>"...As I prepare to fly out to Minneapolis to attend yet another >>COMMON iSeries user group meeting, I find myself pondering how iSeries >>shops could bring their collective weight to bear on IBM to compel it >>to behave in ways that the user community desires. Because the iSeries >>does not have direct competition, IBM doesn't price and package the >>iSeries in a way that many of us believe it ought to so it can compete >>against Windows, Linux, and Unix platforms. While IBM has a large >>customer advisory council, COMMON, and regional user groups all >>feeding in requirements and offering advice to Big Blue on how to >>improve the iSeries, that is not the same thing as having the power to >>actually compel IBM to change its behavior. ..." >> >>"... Like many people in the OS/400 community, if I have an argument >>at all, it is almost never with IBM's Rochester labs, where the OS/400 >>platform is created and manufactured, but rather with IBM's Somers >>offices, where the marketing and sales plans are hatched and where the >>pricing and packaging decisions are made. Getting Rochester to listen >>is easy, since the techies aim to please. Getting Somers to listen is >>hard, since the marketeers aim to make as much money in the shortest >>term with the least possible amount effort. They do this because >>that's what marketeers at public companies do. ..." >> >> >> > > -- > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing > list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. >
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