Re: MIDRANGE-L Digest, Vol 6, Issue 1954

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Richter wrote:

> On 9/25/07, Hans Boldt <hans@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Aaron! To be honest, I haven't used OpenOffice much myself. I've been doing
> > some writing for MCPressOnline lately, and Victoria seems to prefer
> > submissions in MS Word format. The only editor I have that writes in that
> > format is OO. (I tend to stay well away from any MS software!)
> >
> > Anyhoo, yeah, it's been more than three years since I've been here. In case
> > anyone has been wondering, here's my story: In the summer of 2004, there was
> > a big re-org at the lab, and I ended up working on the PL/X compiler for the
> > zSeries. At the time, I was asked not to comment publically on the re-org, so
> > I left all the on-line groups I was subscribed to. The PL/X project was
> > challenging, but over time, I hated the work more and more. Finally, in June,
> > I quit.
>
> the sense I get from this is IBM has been reducing headcount by
> attrition in its language, ILE and core OS product groups. MSFT has
> major language and OS product releases coming out in the next 6
> months. Billions invested for a lot of gain.

Hmmm... I realized that Hans (Welcome back!) was valuable to this 
list. But I had no idea that he was so critical to all of IBM 
development! He tires of a job and the future is illuminated...

I.e., what? Isn't this merely one IBM employee's personal choice?

Tom Liotta