Who is Michael U. Potter?
Jon Hawks
hawksj@yahoo.com
Thu, 3 Feb 2000 14:49:36 -0800 (PST)
Dennis, we have to share this.
--- Jon Hawks <hawksj@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dennis,
> Too much fun! Probably not, but cudo's for hanging
> on
> to the paraphenalia. Bring them to the next
> Cognosian
> Adventure convention, it's a lot like a Star Trek
> thing. I'm sure you'd get honorable mention for best
> pack-rat or possible the prize for hanging on to the
> most useless set of documentation. I won once, but
> they took the prize away, because I wrote a program
> by
> myself. Anyway, thanks for the lift. Makes you
> wonder
> how much Cognos junk is still out there. We have
> junk
> yards for cars and appliances. I wonder if there's
> money in making one for the computer
> software/hardware
> industry... Hey Mike, you wanna joint venture?
>
>
>
>
> --- Dennis Mikolajewski <Dmikolajewski@cpca-usa.com>
> wrote:
> > I still have a set of the old spiral bound
> 'Quasar'
> > Powerhouse manuals. Are
> > they worth anything on the Cognos black market?
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Jon Hawks [SMTP:hawksj@yahoo.com]
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 4:30 PM
> > > To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> > > Subject: RE: Who is Michael U. Potter?
> > >
> > > It must be a plot. Mike's initials are MUP as in
> > > Muppet, which infers, by di-cranial deduction,
> > > something I learned from a guy name Grant, that
> if
> > you
> > > can kill of the competition, you'll always have
> > > control and no threats. Actually, to extend his
> > > thinking the MUPott is a legendary creature that
> > came
> > > from Canada and invaded the US, causing many new
> > > careers and perhaps the only viable 4GL in the
> > history
> > > of computers to date. Anyway, that what he
> > says...so
> > > Mikey is just doing it because he can.
> Personally,
> > I
> > > never met the man. But I heard a story about him
> > as a
> > > little boy ~ Always remember those who serve
> you.
> > > In the days when an ice cream sundae
> cost
> > > much less, a 10 year old boy entered a hotel
> > coffee
> > > shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a
> glass
> >
> > > in front of him. "How much is an ice
> > cream
> > > sundae?" he asked. "Fifty cents,"
>
> >
> > > replied the waitress. The little boy pulled his
> > hand
> > > out of his pocket and studied
> the
> > > coins in it. "Well, how much is a plain
> > dish
> > > of ice cream?" he inquired. By now more
>
> >
> > > people were waiting for a table and the
> > > waitress was growing impatient.
> > "Thirty-five
> > > cents," she brusquely replied." The little boy
> > again
> > > counted his coins. "I'll have the
> > plain
> > > ice cream," he said. The waitress
> > brought
> > > the ice cream, put the bill on the table
> and
> > > walked away. The boy finished the ice
> > cream,
> > > paid the cashier and left. When the
> > waitress
> > > came back, she began to cry as she
> wiped
> > down
> > > the table. There, placed neatly
> beside
> > the
> > > empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies -
>
> > You
> > > see, he couldn't have the sundae,
>
> >
> > > because he had to have enough left to leave
> her
> > a
> > > tip.
> > >
> > > More legends upon request...
> > >
> > > Thank you for my moment of madness and several
> > moments
> > > of whatever...
> > >
> > > Bad day I guess.
> > > --- "Deskin, Bob" <Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM> wrote:
> > > > Well actually not founder. Mike joined Quasar
> > (what
> > > > Cognos used to be
> > > > called) in 1972 (if I recall correctly) and
> > > > eventually bought the company.
> > > > He still holds a lot of stock. But this is all
> > > > public knowledge because
> > > > we're a publicly traded company.
> > > >
> > > > Bob Deskin
> > > > PowerHouse Web Product Manager and Senior
> > Product
> > > > Advisor
> > > > Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
> > > > bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 4205
> > FAX:
> > > > (613) 228-3149
> > > > 3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T,
> > Ottawa ON
> > > > K1G 4K9 CANADA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ohmes, Matt
> [mailto:Matt.Ohmes@Cognos.COM]
> > > > Sent: February 3, 2000 2:05 PM
> > > > To: 'Robert J.M. Edis';
> 'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'
> > > > Subject: RE: Who is Michael U. Potter?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I don't know about his buying habits and I
> > REALLY
> > > > haven't got a clue about
> > > > our stock, but Michael U. Potter was the
> > original
> > > > founder of Cognos (nee.
> > > > Quasar Systems). He was CEO and Chairman of
> the
> > > > Board until 5 or 6 years
> > > > ago when he retired.
> > > > Matt
> > > >
> > > > Matt.Ohmes@Cognos.Com
> > > > Cognos Corporation
> > > > 909 E. Las Colinas Blvd.
> > > > Suite 1900
> > > > Irving, TX 75039
> > > > 214-259-6200
> > > > "Matt doesn't really know anything. He just
> > likes
> > > > to pontificate a lot.
> > > > We refuse to acknowledge that he works for
> > Cognos or
> > > > that we have ever
> > > > met him or anyone with whom he's ever been
> > > > associated. Don't lend him
> > > > money and don't let him talk to your sister!"
> > ;-)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Robert J.M. Edis
> > > > [mailto:robert.edis@creatcomp.com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2000 12:56 PM
> > > > To: 'powerh-l@list.swau.edu'
> > > > Subject: Who is Michael U. Potter?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > G'day all
> > > >
> > > > A person named Michael U. Potter has been
> buying
> > up
> > > > LOTS of Cognos shares
> > > > lately and this has been driving the share
> price
> > up
> > > > it seems. I saw an
> > > > alert about his (and companies he appears to
> be
> > > > associated with) buying
>
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Jon Hawks
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