Re: Anyone know why the Alpha market is so so quiet?

On 06/16/07 11:18, Main, Kerry wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: John Smith
[mailto:a@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: June 13, 2007 1:07 PM To:
[snip]

So how about this -- since you've had experience with many of
these situations, --create a no-names list you can post here
with the following attributes:


So you assume there is some master list or DB somewhere in the
universe that lists this and that I have access to this?

Microsoft does, as part of their battle against Linux.

[snip..]

As I mentioned before, part of the problem is that experienced
Techies and managers are to afraid to speak up and use their
experience to ask a few simple questions about changing. They are
to afraid they might get labelled with the dino label.

I tried, about 8-9 years ago. Suggested that a new business project be written in the best business language: COBOL. Was ignored, of course.

The project has been a memory- & CPU-hogging doesn't-work-well-
with-VMS pain in the arse ever since then.

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
.

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