Philip:I know why these guys are bashing ZITL day in day out to the point of frenzy. I saw their true intentions in the reflections of my toilet bowl last night while I urinated. Although it was dark and their appearances were shadowy, I saw that they actually shorted this thing at the mid-20s and were sweating. Mercifully, I then flushed these painful images down the toilet and went back to bed.
As you know, the mainframe computers are a "declining core" business and the data processing circle for the mainframe programmers is shrinking accordingly. People within that circle kind of know what everybody is doing. I rub elbows with these guys at least twice every year (SHARE, GUIDE, Gartner...). These guys know that the problem is REAL and downplaying the importance of the Y-2000 is suicidal. Then, why are so many self-styled experts claiming that it is only a daily routine maintenance problem and that is grossly overblown? The answer is obvious: they are sweating shorts who got in too early and are feeling the pain. Again, please flush these painful thoughts down your toilet to be merciful.
Lastly, I am not saying that short-sellers are unethical. But day trading and posting in the Internet on the company's time are UNETHICAL. If I pull all postings on the SI thread (which were time stamped) by a certain individual and count the number of lines, then multiply this number by the going rate of an application programmer, then this individual will OWE his company a cool $6,999. These are cold hard figures that can be calculated down the the nearest penny. I know I have omitted the day trading and screen monitoring time which can also be quantified if I choose to. But I am too old for this type of extreme measure. Therefore, I again flush this time down the toilet to be merciful.
Philip, I like to remind you again that the mainframe circle is narrow, especially among the Fortune 500 firms. I can easily send a time-stamped copy of the SI postings to the CIO of that company and see how he reacts. If he fails to act, then I will send it to to the CEO. If these guys still fail to act, I will then plant a virus into their computer system and sell this damned company short.
Now, I hope you begin to understand why they call me mad.
Best wishes from a mad monk.
Disclaimer:The monk is apparently going from mad to insane, and the above incoherent thoughts should NOT be interpreted as threats to anyone or anything. These thoughts are intented to sharpen the toilet- flushing skills of a guy from Tulane that will be run all over by So. Mississippi to the score of 35-0. |
