Industry assessments in the wake of IBM’s market entry on a wild, windy and wet day before collecting Daniel from the arms of a girl at his school disco as the NGA dispute flares up and the latest Women’s Liberation Bill is lost in Parliament
A most wild and windy day with intermittent rain lashing down as well. No hope of the ducks being properly attended to. Early to the office and a deal of work undertaken of all sorts of papers, meetings and phone calls. Unfortunately, however, most service industry figures that I needed to contact over my UK computer industry plans were not in today.
An interesting lunchtime drink with John and Ian and during this to realise that there is still a lot to agree about even our product strategy. I am not sure that I can afford to be reliant upon anybody’s judgement but my own and will now have to stay current in IBM–watching and the emerging markets for compatible PC’s. We agree that secondary markets exist for groups of compatible suppliers and that it is really the compatibility of software suppliers that we need.
A latish evening continuing the discussion and after to collect Daniel from his Kimbolton Disco. I arrived at 9.02pm just as he was about to start his first dance ever with a girl – “Dougal” and he was sad all the way home.
My parents phoned tonight, very pleased with my recent letter. They will try to make it for our Christmas Day and travel over. Early to bed tonight with troublesome cold and weariness at the end of a seemingly long week.
News today of a further £1/2m fine for the NGA and further coverage of the aftermath of the EEC Summit where all is at sea. A bill in Parliament for even more women’s liberation is thankfully lost.