Re: Did we have another name change?

["rick baird" <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx>]

how did you know I still wear my AS/400 underwear?

spooky.

On 4/10/06, Trevor Perry <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <sarcasm>
> Yeah - that is why people call it an AS/400. I can just feel IBM saying OUCH
> OUCH OUCH.
> </sarcasm>
>
> Everybody around here calls it an AS/400 because of (1) familiarity, not
> grammar, and (2) they are afraid of learning new technology - and calling it
> the old name, and using it the old way means no change of underwear.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Jacobsen"
> Subject: RE: Did we have another name change?
>
>
> > Joe said:
> >
> >> By specifically eschewing de facto grammatical standards, you're forcing
> >
> >> people to do extra work, and that's just selfish.
> >
> > That's why everybody around here still calls it AS/400.  Take that, IBM!
>
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