Re: VM Bear lambasted

2007-04-26 Thread Gary Eheman
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:42:03 -0500, Gary Eheman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot e: >I created the animated GIF years ago at IBM. And the image on the >lambasting website, too. Lest what I wrote in the quotation above be misinterpreted, I meant that the image on the wired.com website appears to be

Re: VM Bear lambasted

2007-04-26 Thread Gary Eheman
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:21:34 EDT, Fran Hensler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have an animated VM Bear on my download site at: >http://zvm.sru.edu/~download > >To view the bear in your browser click here: >http://zvm.sru.edu/~download/vmbear.gif > >I'm sorry that I don't know who created this .gif

Re: VM Bear lambasted

2007-04-26 Thread Mike Walter
z/VM Operating System" To IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU cc Subject Re: VM Bear lambasted I have an animated VM Bear on my download site at: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download To view the bear in your browser click here: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download/vmbear.gif I'm sorry that I don't know who

Re: VM Bear lambasted

2007-04-26 Thread Fran Hensler
I have an animated VM Bear on my download site at: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download To view the bear in your browser click here: http://zvm.sru.edu/~download/vmbear.gif I'm sorry that I don't know who created this .gif . If anyone knows please tell me and I'll give him/her credit. /Fran Hensler at S

Re: VM Bear lambasted

2007-04-25 Thread Dennis Boone
> The VM Bear > What better to make you feel all warm and cuddly about an IBM > mainframe OS than a smiling teddy bear? Yeah, we can think of few > dozen better ideas off the bat, too, but this is what IBM chose to > embody the operating system >

Re: VM Bear lambasted

2007-04-25 Thread Nick Laflamme
What better to make you feel all warm and cuddly about an IBM mainframe OS than a smiling teddy bear? Yeah, we can think of few dozen better ideas off the bat, too, but this is what IBM chose to embody the operating system that ran all manner of big, clunky computers during the 1970s and '80s.

Re: VM Bear lambasted

2007-04-25 Thread Miguel Delapaz
While I feel bad for the bear, it sounds like they were lambasting VM itself more than anything else... Regards, Miguel Delapaz z/VM TCP/IP Development The IBM z/VM Operating System wrote on 04/25/2007 08:20:14 AM: > This was linked from Slashdot today: > > http://www.wired. > com/culture

VM Bear lambasted

2007-04-25 Thread Phil Tully
This was linked from Slashdot today: http://www.wired.com/culture/design/multimedia/2007/04/gallery_mascots?slide=9&slideView=4 The VM Bear What better to make you feel all warm and cuddly about an IBM mainframe OS than a smiling teddy bear? Yeah, we can think of few dozen better ideas