Originally Posted By avro_imagineer IBM eh? I no longer respect you. The things your company has done. I'm just glad my hospital uses HP.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ah yes- the company that opened it's admin support center in Brazil afew years before we did - yep HP all american all right - LOL! by the way I am willing to bet there's IBM involved somewhere in the network - remember we don't have PC's any longer - we sold the business to the Chinese Government ( Lenovo ) - cut the middle man out of that outsourcing
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer Not talking about "All-American". Just the quality of the IBM product doesn't seem to be as good as the old days. Good old Legend. Yeah, you still have Servers/Tech Solutions etc. Our networking was done with Dell equipment. Our tech support is in house. Our old servers were Dells. The funny thing is I know more about computers then our Sys Admins do. (My bachelors was in Computers), my second job involves this degree. And I have less trust in HP's management then IBM's. Just doesn't seem like Big Blue leads the way they used. (IBm PCjr Keyboard aside). I still have an old IBM PC/XT though. With CGA no less. Also - IBM has an office in Markham. As far as I know HP doesn't have an office around these parts. I meant products, guess I should have put that there
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Also - IBM has an office in Markham< I have a few compadres there -- want to visit there soon
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <(IBm PCjr Keyboard aside).< ah chicklet board....... I am trying to remember the date the last piece of IBM equipment had any portion built within theUS- it's beenat least 15 years
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer Hey my model M is! Gosh why can't they make keyboards like that anymore. Positive tactile feel. I hate this trend towards the low travel keys even for desktops. However Sony and Apple seem to love chiclets. (My brothers Apple has a Logitech on it )
Originally Posted By avro_imagineer You'd be amazed at how many people with out of state plates drive down the garage ramp at IBM's Markham office ATI's building is cooler, so is Xerox ATI's looks like a card stack that's off kilter. <a href="http://www.mississauga.ca/file/COM/LG_xerox.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.mississauga.ca/file...erox.jpg</a> It is said to look like a question mark from the sky
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt <<Thank your daughter for me>> I will..she kept lurking over my shoulder to see if anyone had a question for her!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> just to burst your bubble a bit on Jeff- don't buy the act ( athough I like Jeff) - he was a peer manager of mine years ago at IBM ( he was in Atlanta )- and his dad is a 40+ year retired IBM executive.. redneck - uh uh , but he plays one on TV - and does it well << All of life is an illusion that I subscribe to.
Originally Posted By MPierce >> ah yes- the company that opened it's admin support center in Brazil afew years before we did - yep HP all american all right - LOL! << You mean those aren't obnoxious tour groups we see in the parks, it's really a HP convention?
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I will..she kept lurking over my shoulder to see if anyone had a question for her! << You mean we could possibly have 3 generation of posters here on LP soon?
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt Don't you have to be 13 to post? And since someone, who shall go nameless, is always saying how he tries to cop a feel off his fantasticly brilliant wife, I don't think I want her on the boards. Or maybe it would confirm for her that some men are pigs
Originally Posted By MPierce >> Don't you have to be 13 to post? << >> You have to be 16 to drive, and 21 to buy liquor. Do you think kids pay attention to those age limits either. Besides I only said maybe 3 generations soon. >> And since someone, who shall go nameless, is always saying how he tries to cop a feel off his fantasticly brilliant wife, I don't think I want her on the boards. << She could learn the dangers involved in being married to senile old men. >> Or maybe it would confirm for her that some men are pigs << ...or maybe passionate adoring, devoted husbands.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I understand your point HH - seeing your parents affectionate, or living in a loving relationship is different than reading about some one wanting to play grab...
Originally Posted By MPierce >> I understand your point HH - seeing your parents affectionate, or living in a loving relationship is different than reading about some one wanting to play grab... << Personally I found it more charming than anything else coming from, and old geezer like me. If anyone was truly offended (I know you weren't Happy) I appologise, but I'm not nearly as judgemental as some people perhaps are.
Originally Posted By A Happy Haunt << If anyone was truly offended (I know you weren't Happy)>> no I wasn't! Ask my Mom about the baby m...no, I can't, she gonna kill me, or make me eat meat!!
Originally Posted By MPierce >> someone was offended by boots ? << Galoshes can be a tricky subject to deal with!
