> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:00 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 3:55 PM > > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > > Subject: Re: Mainframe shops held hostage, Itanium alliance says > > > > > > On 25 Jul 2007 13:27:47 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (McKown, John) > > wrote: > > > > >> > While I appreciate everyone's appreciation, I like John's > > >> > analogy best. :) > > >> > > >> Yeah.... I'd like to see a step van carrying an Abrams tank. > > >> > > > > > >It is simple. Disassemble it at the source, ship it quickly and > > >efficiently via step van, reassemble at the destination. If > > this is not > > >possible, it is a fault of the design of the tank, not the > > step van or > > >the process of transportation via the step van. > > > > And make sure you ship it from California to Hawaii. > > > > Ah, yes. But you can drive the step van onto a large power boat. > > -- > John McKown
Well, he did say "ship" it to Hawaii... doesn't that mean putting it on a boat or vessel anymore? eek! Jeffrey D. Smith Principal Product Architect Farsight Systems Corporation 700 KEN PRATT BLVD. #204-159 LONGMONT, CO 80501-6452 303-774-9381 direct 303-484-6170 FAX http://www.farsight-systems.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
