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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:The Digital way of working
Moderator:QUARK::LIONELON
Created:Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5321
Total number of notes:139771

3220.0. "digital - state of the art" by TROOA::CHOHAN () Wed Jun 29 1994 20:21

I can't think of a better name than using the name "digital" and 
associating it with the sate of the art and future
as a marketing weapon to blow the competition out of the water...it has 
a huge potential....   

Whats your feeling..

   
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3220.1...or slide ruleOKFINE::KENAHEvery old sock meets an old shoe...Wed Jun 29 1994 20:295
   State of the art -- what?
   
   Something to consider as well: 
   
   	Today's state of the art is tomorrow's buggy whip.
3220.2yet another name thingSWAM1::MEUSE_DAWed Jun 29 1994 20:363
    
    you mean Dec-it-all?
    
3220.3only the best will do..TROOA::CHOHANWed Jun 29 1994 20:505
Everyone else is associating themselves with the best state of the art 
....intel, microsoft, novel, why not us who have 
the best name to associate with the state of the art technology "digital".


3220.4World Class!DELNI::SWOODWed Jun 29 1994 20:542
    Oh. Please don't leave out "world class".  
    
3220.5FILTON::ROBINSON_MNo more Mr. Nice GuyThu Jun 30 1994 08:351
    ... or "paradigm" or "leadership".
3220.6Ops! You forgot another one...MSDOA::SCRIVENThu Jun 30 1994 12:333
    Lets not forget "Best in Class"....
    
    
3220.7Trying not to spew...AIMHI::BROWNThu Jun 30 1994 12:516
    
    
    "Robust"  anyone?!!!
    
    
    
3220.8DREUL1::robRob Marshall - Customer Service DresdenThu Jun 30 1994 13:026
How about:

At "digital" we have world class paradigms for our best in class leadership.
If you want state of the art, we have it now.

Rob
3220.9.8 has forgotten 'imagine'WELSWS::HILLNIt's OK, it'll be dark by nightfallThu Jun 30 1994 13:441
    
3220.10PLAYER::BROWNLA-mazed on the info Highway!Thu Jun 30 1994 14:473
    And he's forgotten "Perception is reality".
    
    Laurie.
3220.11redone w/o author's permissionANGLIN::SEITZA Smith & Wesson beats 4 Aces.Thu Jun 30 1994 14:517
    ok then, how about
    
    At digital we "imagine" we have world class paradigms for our best in
    class leadership because we realize that perception IS reality. If you
    want state of the art, we have it now.
    
    ;^)
3220.12More inane sillinessODIXIE::SILVERSdig-it-all, we rent backhoes.Thu Jun 30 1994 15:552
    Y''all forgot 'open, client server, AXP! AXP! Ack Phhht!' - ala Bill
    the Cat....
3220.13DREUL1::robRob Marshall - Customer Service DresdenThu Jun 30 1994 16:4615
RE .11

Permission granted - imagine that :-)

Imagine...you're in an open architecture flying through space at unbelievable
bandwidths...you're being bombarded by Alpha-waves...suddenly you realize that
your perception has had it now, your world class paradigms start breaking down,
falling into shards of poor leadership at your feet is what used to be best in
class digital philosophies.....an alien vessel, in the shape of a Porsche
appears out of nowhere and fires one TFSO (Thermonuclear Fast-Spinning Object)
after another...you see the bodies of colleagues being flung into the far
reaches of the universe....you tug frantically on your value chain trying to
affect some change of course, but to no avail...

sorry, just getting wierd, it must be late....
3220.14... there's always more ...CPDW::CIUFFINIGod must be a Gemini...Thu Jun 30 1994 17:324
    
    and what about 'solutions', 'platforms'?
    jc
       
3220.15WLDBIL::KILGOREDCU 3Gs -- fired but not forgottenThu Jun 30 1994 18:465
    
    .13 is on to something. (Or is that "on something"? :-)
    
    If all else fails, we can spin of a high-tech computer game.
    
3220.16AWATS::WESTERVELTTomThu Jun 30 1994 20:172
	.13, thanks for making my afternoon
3220.17OK, follow on to .13DREUL1::robRob Marshall - Customer Service DresdenFri Jul 01 1994 08:4014
imagine we start up where we left off...

....the alien ship approaches and you notice the dreaded knight from the dark
side of the force, Robert the Rapid from the planet Mostek is at the helm...
your hit with another salvo of TFSOs...the platforms under your feet begin to
break away...you fall, tumbling down....down...down-siezing any opportunity to
stop your fall, but there are just no solutions left...you  hit bottom, your
broke, totally drenched in red ink, but you realize the fight is not over,
Robert the Rapid and his Wizards of Finance will be boarding the ship soon... 
your not a religious person, but in spite of the fact that all your prophets
are gone you know that you've got to do the right thing...you pull your KO-gun
out of your holster, and brace yourself for the worst...

to be continued....
3220.18"Please tell me somemore?"BWICHD::SILLIKERCrocodile sandwich-make it snappyFri Jul 01 1994 14:2013
    .13 & .17
    
    Give my bladder a break will ya, I'm laughing so hard!  PLEASE to
    continue, but make sure that you smoke whatever you're smoking, first,
    and that it's appropriately late after a hard day at the office, all
    the better to spin your yarn of futuristic wierdness.  Can't wait for
    the next installment!  :^)  :^)  :^)
    
    We just TFSOd a GREAT guy in my group who used to spin such yarns, and
    I was truly wondering what I was going to do for fun, with him gone... 
    say, ya want the job?  ;^)
    
    Thanks for a real day brightener!
3220.19STOP IT...YOU'RE KILLIN' ME!!DECLNE::TOWLEFri Jul 01 1994 21:287
    Give me a break.....STOP IT....I can't stop laughing!!!!  It's 5:22PM
    on Friday, and I have to be here 'till 6:00.  Good thing the phone
    calls
    	have slowed down, as I don't think I could have answered it without
    laughing uncontrollably. Come on 6:00!!!!
    
    	8^)
3220.20DYPSS1::SCHAFERCharacter matters.Fri Jul 01 1994 21:361
    hey rob ... reading a bit too much spaceman spi- er, calvin & hobbes?
3220.21this is getting addictive...DREUL1::robdepending on His loveWed Jul 06 1994 15:1015
imagine we're back where we left off...

...you notice that your KO-gun is low on energy...you look around for reserve
energy, but can't seem to find a package...then you notice one laying under
some wreckage, the new packages aren't as big as the old ones, but you hope
that it will still give you enough energy to fight off the hard times to
come...you hear a large roar and a vast door opens up in front of you, the 
massive storage around you takes a quantum leap into the far reaches of space...
Robert the Rapid steps through the opening with a sly grin, he draws his 
digital phase-out, before you can raise your KO-gun he DECks you, when it 
comes to phase-outs he always was competent to the core...everything around 
you is spiraling downwards, you've virtually lost touch with reality....

to be continued...