Well, yes, but most our cars are not powered by steam today (unless they're electric, that is). There is no contradiction in using "old technology" and changing with the times.
--- Cameron Schlehuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And then there are the power plants that still use ... gasp! ... > steam! > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ormsby, > Skip > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:13 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] We need a news stories library > > Hmm... I wonder if those folks who use the "old technology" > argument, > don't drive a vehicle that uses a piston engine? After all the > piston > engine has been around for a very long time. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] We need a news stories library > > Kevin, > > You are battling an age-old predjudice against M. It seems M was > considered "old technology" (by the un-informed), before it was old ! > I > think alot of the predjudice goes back to the poorly chosen (IMO) > name > of MUMPS, for the language. > Had it has been named "Laser" or maybe just "M" in the beginning, it > might have enjoyed a different trajectory. > > Certainly the biggest M vendor understands the marketing difficulties > with system based on MUMPS. One has to look hard for any references > to > it in their marketing material. Instead, it is called > post-relational, > object oriented, and multi-dimensional. All of which is true. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Joseph > Dal Molin > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 9:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] We need a news stories library > > > Consider it done Kevin....great idea....especially the part about > delegating Nancy to do the work :-) > > Joseph > > Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > > Someone from my group was grumbling recently that VistA is going to > be > > > a bad option for our group because is it "old technology." > > > > And then Bhaskar posts regarding a Thai Bank converting to GT.M. > And > > Nancy regularly posts ongoing news about VistA etc. > > > > Could we start a subpage on the WorldVistA web site that lists > these > > news stories, so I could take someone there and show them at a > glance > > all the ongoing activity? It would help prove that M / VistA is > not > "dead". > > > > I'd like to nominate Nancy to be the one to regularly add to such a > > > page.. :-) Nancy, you can thank me later. LOL! > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. > > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=29914/*http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid > reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. 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