Re: Competing with IBM

2006-11-05 Thread R.S.
IMHO it is not off-topic. It is topic-less. Phil met some guy in Frankfurt. They had some coffee, even beer. He (they unnamed guy) was traveling by a train. Veery exciting. Did I miss something ? Oh I forgot, my English is bad, my German even worse, however I vaguely recollect that

Competing with IBM

2006-11-04 Thread Phil Payne
Fierce but fair? An offline comment (it's Friday) and I think it's pertinent. I fought IBM tooth and nail from 1978 to 1992. Throughout that time I found IBM and all other competitors - at management levels - to be fair and honest people. Some might find it amazing, but I think I can claim