Re: List Of Obsolete Skills

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

But if you say it over and over again, pretty soon everyone else will
be saying it too. That's how things work. It doesn't matter about the
marketing campaigns, it's what the programmers call it. It doesn't
matter about whether it's used in school or not, it's what the
programmers call it. And if you get on the phone and tell all your
friends, then everyone will call it the right name.

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Trevor, I get it.  Its the WHOLE REST OF THE WORLD that not only doesn't
>  get it, they don't even want to get it.
>
>  As you can see from the article, the writer knew the names, etc, and he
>  couldn't get it right.  I've seen you get confused about it too, but
>  thats ok; so does everyone else.
>
>  The fact is IBM blundered.  Coca Cola blundered, too, but Coca Cola had
>  the sense to fix their blunder.
>
>  It would serve our community better Trevor, and be a whole lot easier
>  for you, if you devoted these same energies to getting IBM to fix their
>  blunder.  Its fixable, its easy to fix, and it solves a lot of real
>  problems.
>
>  You can rename a rose all you want, but the World is still going to call
>  it a rose.
>
>  Maybe, for a starter, we could make "AS/400" stickers and just glue them
>  on our midrange boxes.  Perhaps you could advertise them on your
>  website?  Would COMMON sell them for us?
>
>
>
>
>
>  Trevor Perry wrote:
>  > Booth,
>  >
>  > iSeries sales by IBM is zero.
>  >
>  > System i was selling just over $1 billion in 2006. Singular billion(s).
>  >
>  > Trevor
>  >
>  >
>  > On 2/29/08 10:25 AM, "Booth Martin" <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >
>  >
>  >> "Since annual sales still total in the billions of dollars, the iSeries
>  >> is as obsolete as the Ford Mustang!"
>  >>
>  >> I wonder if that is true?
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> Robert Munday wrote:
>  >>
>  >>> Happy February 29th!
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> For your listening and dancing pleasure...
>  >>>
>  >>> Someone sent me this site:
>  >>>
>  >>> http://obsoleteskills.com/Skills/Skills
>  >>>
>  >>> and contained therein is this...
>  >>>
>  >>> http://obsoleteskills.com/Skills/AS400
>  >>>
>  >>> I don't make this stuff up... I just pass it along.
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>> Robert Munday
>  >>> Munday Software Consultants
>  >>> Montgomery, AL
>  >>> on assignment in Columbia, SC
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >>>
>  >
>  >
>  >
>
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>  ---------------------------------
>  Booth Martin
>  http://www.Martinvt.com
>  ---------------------------------
>
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