<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Nov 18, 2005, at 8:54 AM, Paul McJones wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">Steve Mills of IBM says, "We need to find creative ways to transfer technical knowledge and skills of retiring workers to a new generation</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV>Dear Paul,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>That is an inspiring letter to the group!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Re the quote above, that was one of the goals that we had during the R&D phases of Expert Systems.. The technology and applications were moving swiftly for a while, then became asymptotic or even went into decline. For the analysis of what was going on, see a paper</DIV><DIV>or a videotape of mine called "Tiger In A Cage." Maybe the Tiger can become Uncaged. (The CHM may have a copy of the videotape.)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Best wishes,</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Ed</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>