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Charles Morgan6/30/2014
Altair?
I actually have an Altair at home in my storage room!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz: In 1992 Jim Barksdale was COO of FedEx when he left the company.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz:
In 1992 Jim Barksdale was COO of FedEx when he left the company.Answer any of the following:
a. Where did he go? (1st company)
b. Who bought the company he went to a year later? (2nd company)
c. And what was 3rd company he worked for?
Brian Sneed7/2/2014
A. Is Netscape?
Marsha Terry Rider7/2/2014
A) ATT&T Wireless B) Netscape C) The Barksdale Group
Jim Bentley7/2/2014
McCaw Comm.
AT&T
Netscape?? V b
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2014
a. jimb is correct
#1 McCaw Cellular
#2 ATT Wireless as President, when they bought McCaw
#3 Netscape, which was later bought out by AOL Time Warner
and he is with the Barksdale Mgmt Group now
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz a. Who was ZapCzar? b. Who was sometimes referred to as Little napoleon by sales? ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz
a. Who was ZapCzar?
b. Who was sometimes referred to as Little napoleon by sales?
c. Who was a doctor?
Don Rose7/2/2014
A. Bob May, B. I can't remember, C. Ponder
Cindy Dewey7/2/2014
Bill Razzouk
Marie McVay7/2/2014
A = Bob May and he had a license plate on his car to prove it.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2014
all correct
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2014
a. Bob May
b. Bill Razzouk
c. Dr. Ponder or Dr Antony Kong
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2014
speaking of doctors....
How would Dr. Burk like to be referred to????
I gave the first presentation at the first ZComm meeting and about every month thereafter. FWS chaired and the kingpins of the company attended monthly. Ted Weise was then president of FedEx Express.
As I answered questions at the end of the presentation, FWS several times referred to me as Dr. Burk which didn't phase me as he had done this occasionally before. I had taught classes at CBU but didn't have a doctorate, only an Bachelors in Electrical Engr.... but he was allowed to call me whatever he wanted.
A few hours later my admin gets a call from Teds office."'Mr Weise needed to send correspondence to Dr. Burk and he wanted to know how he wanted to be referred to...in the correspondence....?"
Kaye didn't hesitate to answer...he wants to referred to as JIMMY or JIMMY BURK.....
She did think it was nice of them to ask though......
Nancy Hinds7/2/2014
That Msss Honey as we used to call her - VERY cool, calm and unflappable
Subject: Trivia Quiz: I worked as a sr. mgr Telecom in the late 70's and 80's
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2014
Trivia Quiz:
I worked as a sr. mgr Telecom in the late 70's and 80'sWho am I?
Angela Maynard7/2/2014
Susan Wright
Dickie Dunn7/2/2014
Susan Wright - Right?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/2/2014
you are both correct, Susan Wright now retired and living in Kennesaw, GA; was Sr. Mgr Telecom in ITD
Margaret Canon Bruch7/3/2014
Doesn't look much different today
Marie McVay7/4/2014
Susan Wright. I was her admin for several years
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2014
FedEx Trivia QuizIn the 1980's FedEx researched providing same day service from Europe to the US.a. How were they going to do this?
b. What aircraft was to be used?
c. Why didn't they proceed with the plan?
Peter Dangerfield7/3/2014
Concord, couldn't get British Airways to maintain the aircraft for ten years. Fred said a Concord full of P1 envelopes would have been very profitable.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2014
from Winn Stephenson: To my recollection, FedEx would lease a Concord and be able to fly west bound and easily make a same day delivery. I think it was canned for two reasons - financially impracticable and the structure of the Concord would not allow a cargo door.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/3/2014
Pete is correct. http://heritageconcorde.com/technical-2/the-concorde-fleet/concorde-g-boag/g-boag-condition-today/work/concorde-freighter
FedEx Trivia Quiz
Peter Dangerfield7/3/2014
Yea, still have some memory!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz Which of the following databases was not used in unix system?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/7/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz
Which of the following databases was not used in unix system?a. sybase
b. oracle
c. informix
d. db2
Charles Morgan7/7/2014
Db2
Buddy Johnson7/7/2014
Ditto
Don Beethe7/7/2014
Informix. Loaded several DB2 servers.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2014
Don, was db2 loaded on ibm aix systems?
Don Beethe7/8/2014
dunno, only deal with Linux and HPUX nowdays.. Haven't seen AIX in 10 years
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
The answer may be all of these databases were used since Don deployed DB2 on linux systems.
The answer...I thought was DB2.
DB2 is usually associated with IBM mainframes, but can be loaded on open platforms.
Oracle is the predominant DB at FedEx now.
Informix was the most commonly used database initially starting with SCO Xenix
Sybase was used heavily by Chronos and in software only FedExShip products
Don Beethe7/9/2014
sybase was also used by LSSI. Oldtimers will recognize ziploc. LSSI is the distributed ziploc app.
Charles Morgan7/9/2014
We also used INGRES on some early SCO boxes too, as it too was bundled with SCO in some releases
Leigh Pritchett Sawicki7/9/2014
I also thought the answer was DB2. (This coming from a previous COBOL M/F programmer).
Subject: FedEx Triva Quiz?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/7/2014
FedEx Triva Quiz?In the early 80's Jim Barksdale formed a group called Telematics to deal with the rapid growth of systems built around microprocessors. Who was the first and only director of Telematics?
Buddy Johnson7/7/2014
Jim Candler?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2014
Answer: David John (mgrs. reporting to him were Chuck Deiotte, Herman Derbort, and Bill Jackson; Jim Candler became a manager later under David)
Subject: FedEx Triva Quiz?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/7/2014
FedEx Triva Quiz?Who was the svp and program director who oversaw development of the SuperHub?
Johnnie Edwards7/21/2014
Ted Weise...........
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/21/2014
Answer: Michael Basch; Ted Weise oversaw the original hub
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/7/2014
FedEx Trivia QuizWhat was the difference between origin and destination billing?
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk added 19 photos to July 7, 2014 in FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/7/2014
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/7/2014
thanks to Gil Hennon for providing photos.
Kathy Guererri Heatherly7/7/2014
Such great pictures
Subject: Michael Taube: Nice job, Jimmy! Some great memories about folks who had faded from mine. Working wit ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/7/2014
Michael Taube: Nice job, Jimmy! Some great memories about folks who had faded from mine. Working with a start up/rapidly growing company is exciting and , if successful, quite rewarding. A true privilege. Thanks!
Subject: Michael Greene: Great info that brought back a lot of fond memories of being in the ITD group
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/7/2014
Michael Greene: Great info that brought back a lot of fond memories of being in the ITD group
Subject: video on jim barksdale; sound has a little interference in it, but still good on jlb's career
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/7/2014
Subject: Jimmy Glenn Burk > FedEx ITD Retiree Breakfast Club
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/8/2014
Marcie Littles Moss8/20/2014
OMGosh! I SO remember this!!!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz?I was COO of FedEx.
Who am I?
Johnnie Edwards7/9/2014
Roger Frock
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz? I was President & COO of FedEx. Who am I?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz?
I was President & COO of FedEx.
Who am I?
Johnnie Edwards7/9/2014
Pete Wilmott
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz? I was COO of FedEx. Who am I?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz?
I was COO of FedEx.
Who am I?
Akita Hank7/9/2014
The one and only Jim Barksdale...
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz? I was COO of FedEx. Who am I?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz?
I was COO of FedEx.
Who am I?
Cindy Dewey7/9/2014
Bill Razzouk
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz?I was President & COO of FedEx.
Who am I?
Don Rose7/9/2014
Art Bass, and a great man he was as well.
Sherry Little7/9/2014
Art Bass!
Rebecca Felts7/9/2014
Art Bass, he lived next to my parents in Germantown when he first came to the Memphis area.
Peter Carabetta9/26/2015
Yep.. Art Bass..!
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz? I was COO of FedEx. Who am I?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz?
I was COO of FedEx.
Who am I?
Cindy Dewey7/9/2014
Tom Oliver
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz?I was President FedEx Express.
Who am I?
Buddy Johnson7/9/2014
Ted Weise, aka YZ.
Deby Abbott Jolley7/9/2014
I remember the Fred and Ted days!!
Debora Williams Waller7/10/2014
Was that a button Fred and Ted speak for me?
Deby Abbott Jolley7/10/2014
I still have the button.
Subject: FedEx Trivia Quiz:
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
FedEx Trivia Quiz:I was the VP of Networking & later VP Security.
Who am I?
Gary Phillips7/9/2014
Belinda Watkins
Rebecca Felts7/9/2014
Belinda Watkins
Leigh Pritchett Sawicki7/9/2014
Great woman! When she was vp of Infosec, I applied for a job, knowing I was not quite qualified for (a direct report position). Rather than sending me the normal letter she scheduled some time with me! I went and was shaking in my shoes but I left that conversation feeling very inspired and empowered to keep reaching for the stars!!! A true example of how you NEVER forget how people make you feel!
Shirley Lovelace Williams7/9/2014
Belinda Watkins. I worked for her before she left to go to Jimmy Dean. She came back to FedEx but I didn't apply for her assistant position because I was close to retiring. Great person to work for.
Gary Phillips7/9/2014
Belinda is good people. Worked with her in Network Engineering when she first started. Have been friends since.
Carla Slattery Moore7/11/2014
Belinda Watkins
Steven Swanberg7/27/2014
When me and 499 of my closest technical friends at FedEx found ourselves suddenly unemployed April 2009 shortly thereafter Belinda hooked me up with an interview with Memphis City School systems. Completely unexpected and one more credit for her 'good folks' credentials. (Thankfully they chose another person and shortly thereafter I returned to FedEx as soon as the one-year stricture was over).
Subject: Where in the World is Bart Dahmer?
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
Where in the World is Bart Dahmer?Bart has started his own Christian publishing company called Innovo Publishing;
http://www.innovopublishing.com/
Congratulations to Bart.
Marcie Littles Moss7/9/2014
Awesome, Bart!!!!
Subject: Vernitta Rogers
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
Vernitta RogersSomeone asked about Vernitta Rogers who was one of the early early employees of FedEx.
The internet lists a Vernitta Rogers, age 70, living in Forrest City Arkansas. She was always talking about the land she owned in Arkansas and hopes to retire there.
Marie McVay7/9/2014
Loved Vernitta! She said it like it was, kept us all laughing and made me blush a few times ....
Jere Bledsoe7/9/2014
Vernitta is a hoot. Smart lady too even though she generally didn't care if anyone thought she acted like a lady or not. I mean that kindly. She was really fun to be around in the early days when I worked with her. I hope she is happy and well.
Don Rose7/9/2014
Fantastic woman who would tell anyone that they were full of it. I miss Vernitta a lot and think about her often. She had a young son named Shane, and when we all worked on Saturday & Sunday (which we always did), she would put him in a cardboard box and let him play while we all worked. Great days back then.
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
Did any of you ever get neck massages?
Terrie Hoerning7/10/2014
Vernitta was such a fun person to be around. She knew how to get the job done, and had a talent to make the process fun. I had the pleasure to work for her during our ZapMail days.
Don Rose7/10/2014
Jimmy, I think everyone got a neck massage.
Jere Bledsoe7/11/2014
I'd bet even FWS got a Vernitta neck massage at some time or other.
Subject: I've posted this photo before, but came across it again...and remember how much I despise ties then ...
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/9/2014
I've posted this photo before, but came across it again...and remember how much I despise ties then and now. I would like to meet the person who invented the tie for men. Only Gary Holmes could somehow get away from the mandatory tie law.Did the first IT employees have to wear ties?? don't have the answer, just wondering
Don Rose7/9/2014
Yes, we had to wear ties Jimmy.
George Moore7/9/2014
I remember wearing a tie everyday
Subject: Dress Policy: Wearing Shorts
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/10/2014
Dress Policy: Wearing ShortsSomehow, someway, the COS folks got to wear shorts to work. The then vp allowed it, the SVP who lived elsewhere said it wasn't going on, but it was.I had about 40 people in COS reporting into my org. On a visit I met with the group and the subject of wearing shorts came up. I figured they were going to ask to wear shorts...but our SVP Winn Stephenson wouldn't allow it, so I was just waiting for the question...the Question: Could you stop this wearing shorts on the campus?????I was somewhat shocked and asked why?the Answer: it would be nice to wear shorts on very hot days, but some of these people wearing shorts are just gross in shorts. we can't take it any more...so, I responded, that I would ask the VP who allowed shorts, and the SVP who dis-avowed that anyone was wearing shorts, to stop the wearing of the short.Dress Policy: wearing hose(for ladies)On another visit to Orlando where I had 50 people in my org the subject of dress code came up. I assumed again it was shorts, but was wrong again.A nice lady employee asked if I could do something about the policy requiring ladies to wear hose.Well I didn't know that ladies had to wear hose, but in some policy somewhere, that was the case.It was approaching 100 degrees that day and humid in Orlando.I gave an executive order that they did not have to wear hose. I probably didn't have any authority to change anything....but it was just common sense.The ladies were happy....still no requests for shorts....
Connie Morgan7/10/2014
If those who made the policy wore them hose in 100 degree weather, they would gladly change the policy! Lol!
Dan Elliot7/11/2014
Hey, can we wear shorts in orlando?
Marsha Terry Rider7/11/2014
when are we gonna get Jumpseat back? That's what I want to know!!!!
Subject: Jim Barksdale speaks to Ole Miss MBA class on wisdom learned over his career:
Jimmy Glenn Burk7/11/2014
Jere Bledsoe7/11/2014
Glad you found this, Jimmy. Very interesting.
Subject: A day off. I'm working part-time as the Building Engineer at my church (Covenant UMC on Walnut Grove ...
J. David White7/11/2014
A day off. I'm working part-time as the Building Engineer at my church (Covenant UMC on Walnut Grove Rd.) so that keeps me engaged and out of trouble!
Subject: Just saw Jim Bentley on Channel 3 news. Giant tree uprooted and fell on his house. Big mess! Glad he ...
Diane Conner White7/15/2014
Just saw Jim Bentley on Channel 3 news. Giant tree uprooted and fell on his house. Big mess! Glad he and his wife are okay.
Chris Bentley7/15/2014
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