Replied: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:53:34 -0500 Replied: "alex ho" Return-Path: alexho@anabas.com Delivery-Date: Wed Nov 27 12:51:04 2002 Return-Path: Received: from round.uits.indiana.edu (round.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.72]) by grids.ucs.indiana.edu (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id gARHp3N06900 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:51:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from janus.hosting4u.net (janus.hosting4u.net [209.15.2.91]) by round.uits.indiana.edu (8.12.1/8.12.1/IUPO) with SMTP id gARHqOqd017940 for ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 12:52:24 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 29999 invoked from network); 27 Nov 2002 17:52:26 -0000 Received: from capricornus.hosting4u.net (HELO anabas.com) (209.15.2.36) by mail-gate.hosting4u.net with SMTP; 27 Nov 2002 17:52:26 -0000 Received: from alexoldlaptop ([172.191.136.30]) by anabas.com ; Wed, 27 Nov 2002 11:52:22 -0600 Message-ID: <001f01c2963d$144a99c0$1e88bfac@alexoldlaptop> Reply-To: "alex ho" From: "alex ho" To: "Geoffrey Fox" Cc: "alex ho" Subject: ibm misc Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:47:37 -0800 Organization: Anabas, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001C_01C295FA.04A6D440" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Content-Length: 2866 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C295FA.04A6D440 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable i believe it is very hard to work with IBM Research because of the not = made in here syndrome. it will be hard for them to justify partnering = with outside teams for ideological and political reason. seminars, = knowledge exchange is ok with them. i think best chance is either=20 (i) IGS by beefing up Anabas Grid and organization; or (ii) Irving by beefing up Anabas Grid and organization. Irving's = headache about Grid/Utility/On-demand is more organizational than = political but I see him as someone who could see our value add to his = strategy. we should present ourselves to IBM as Groove to Microsoft. = Groove is .NET's poster child. and (ii) can help (i). i sent email to William with a reference financial model for GameDJ = which i sent alan before. i explained that the JV opp may close soon = when i start putting GAN discussion in high gear which is next Monday. ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C295FA.04A6D440 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
i believe it is very hard to work with IBM Research = because of=20 the not made in here syndrome. it will be hard for them to justify = partnering=20 with outside teams for ideological and political reason.  = seminars,=20 knowledge exchange is ok with them.
 
i think best chance is either
(i) IGS by beefing up Anabas Grid and organization;=20 or
(ii) Irving by beefing up Anabas Grid and = organization.=20 Irving's headache about Grid/Utility/On-demand is more organizational = than=20 political but I see him as someone who could see our value add to his = strategy.=20 we should present ourselves to IBM as Groove to Microsoft.  Groove = is=20 .NET's poster child.
 
and (ii) can help (i).
 
i sent email to William with a reference financial = model for=20 GameDJ which i sent alan before. i explained that the JV opp may = close soon=20 when i start putting GAN discussion in high gear which is next=20 Monday.
 
 
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