I remember Stanley as the place where you could go out to eat at JOE'S BARN! Great food at friendly prices! JARiley@dstsystems.com wrote: >>>I remember Stanley as a sub shop and a gas. >>> >>> > >Don't forget about the video store in one of those old buildings on the >corner. > > > >station >James Riley >Staff Systems Programmer >DST Systems, Inc. >816.737.6951 > > > > > > Bryan Richard > To: Jonathan Hutchins > Sent by: cc: kclug > owner-kclug@marauder.i Subject: Re: An Introduction - Moving to KC > lliana.net > > > 11/04/2002 03:04 PM > > > > > > >On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 10:41, Jonathan Hutchins wrote: > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Bryan Richard" >> >> >> >>>The sad result of my stay on the West Coast is that I don't really >>>know what the tech climate of the Kansas City area is. I realize it is >>>probably a bit slow, but I'm more interested in what companies are >>>using, how Linux is doing, what the general feeling on Open Source is, >>>&c. >>> >>> >>Slow. Um, yeah. Geologically slow. Dead doesn't begin to describe it. >> >>If they need anybody with an IT >>title to deal with the outsourcing or third-party service, they can >> >> >always > > >>send a secretary to a certification program. She will become the CIO and >>make all technology decisions, usually based on the color of the case and >>how cool is the logo. >> >> > >Fantastic. Sounds a bit like LA, only the secretaries have Pepperdine >MBAs or sitcoms on their resume. > > > >>Open source is that radical communist stuff they do out on the coasts, we >>don't have anything to do with such things, and anybody attempting to >> >> >load > > >>such viral software on a company owned PC will be shot. >> >>This is a great place to move to if you want to get out of IT and become >> >> >an > > >>insurance salesman. Or maybe real-estate. >> >> > >Well, that's just grand. Jonathan, you've certainly painted less than a >rosy picture, but I appreciate your direct approach. It's been some time >since I've been back -- I remember Stanley as a sub shop and a gas >station and now it's apparently a part of Overland Park ;) -- but it >seems some things never change. > >I'm sure Linux and OS are out there, I'm just going to have to dig for >it a bit. And shout about it when I find it. > >Did I mention I know ASP? ;^) > >-- >Bryan > >bryan@pyzine.com ( www.pyzine.com >bryan@php-con.com ) www.php-con.com > > > > > > > > > > >