Sometimes I am absolutely in awe of the arrogance and stupidity of some PR firms. For several weeks now, at three different email addresses, I have been getting spammed by somebody purporting to be organizing an automation exhibition in Egypt in March of 2007. I have repeatedly emailed the individual, from each mail address to ask them to stop, since I won't be attending the … [Read more...] about From the "PR Wall of Shame…"
McMillan and Blevins in blog heaven…
For a few months now, Control columnist Greg McMillan and Process Automation Hall of Fame member Terry Blevins, who is one of the very few suppliers eminent enough in the field for me to allow to write in Control, have been blogging at Modelingandcontrol.com I had asked them if I could affiliate them with Control since we are a famously non-partisan voice of the end user in … [Read more...] about McMillan and Blevins in blog heaven…
Rockwell finally finds a buyer for Dodge and Reliance
From a number of sources, I've received copies of this email: From Keith Nosbusch 11/07/2006 08:46 AM To: RANewsFlash Subject: Baldor Electric Company to purchase Dodge mechanical and Reliance Electric motors business Colleagues, I am writing to update you about the sale process for our Dodge® mechanical and Reliance Electric™ motors and motor repair services businesses. … [Read more...] about Rockwell finally finds a buyer for Dodge and Reliance
From the "Oh, damn" department
In a very roundabout way, I learned over the weekend that a very old friend of mine had passed away last year. Why is this important to a process automation blog? I first met Tom Cooke in the late 1970s. He was sweeping up in the wastewater treatment plant in Fortuna, CA. He'd had some hard times, and they'd hired him as unskilled labor on a work relief program to get him and … [Read more...] about From the "Oh, damn" department
Pavilion keeps on going…
Spent Friday morning at Pavilion Technologies with Matt Tormollen, two refugees from ABB and Honeywell, Ric Snyder and Don Hart, and Amy George. Like that other Austin company, National Instruments, Pavilion marches to a far different drummer than most automation companies. They've just released the second version of Pavilion 8-- their "does almost everything except take out … [Read more...] about Pavilion keeps on going…
