Robert, I will come to John's defense and I have been employed by Compuware Corporation (look me up) for the last two plus years. In my years of being a subscriber to ISVCOSTS, I have *NEVER* seen John sell or recommend an IBM solution over another ISV. John has taken his non-partisan role *very seriously*. He facilitates discussion, he surveys and delivers those survey results accurately, regardless of whether it makes IBM look good or bad.
In the interest of full disclosure, I have met John on numerous occasions in various cities, spoken to him on the phone on dozens of issues, and exchanged perhaps 100+ emails. I have sat across the table and looked into the man's eyes and perceived that I was dealing with an honest, upright man of good moral character. Enough about John. I also know Mark extremely well. Mark drew an observation, but he also left room for being wrong. In this case, he probably is. As an aside, anyone that has followed my posts over the years would swear I was on Mainstar's payroll at some point in time. :-) But alas, I never was. I just believed in Ron and his catalog product. And I have never worked for Al Sherkow either, but I love his LCS product and promote it every chance I get. To date, neither Al nor Ron has every given me financial compensation for my evangelism! Simone obviously feels strongly about File-Aid. Rightly so, as it has been a market leader and best of breed. I appreciate passion in this industry. We need more of it. :-) Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Galambos, Robert Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2010 11:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: Comparing - ISPF (3.12 and 3.13) with Comparex yet ISV are not allowed to see anything including expurgated digests. enough said ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
