Promoting the AS/400 Platform

I found this very good(read funny) and had to cross-post it.

---------------------- Forwarded by Bryan Dietz/Columbus/3X Corp on
04/15/98 08:20 PM ---------------------------


as400e@morpheus.ltd.uk on 04/15/98 12:19:02 PM

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From: edsmith@ibmuser.com (Ed Smith)
Hi All,
After being away for a week I finally got caught up on a
ton of e-mail. I saw the thread on promoting the AS/400
platform and would like to add my own comments.
Over the past year or so I've written to several computer magazines
and web sites complaining about the lack of AS/400 coverage.
Some of them even got published. But big deal. Unless these
kinds of comments from readers start pouring in they won't
make a difference. Still, ya gotta let'em know.
On the other hand, it wouldn't do any good to come off like
some angry Mac user. (Please, don't flame me. I have nothing against
Macs.)
If IBM won't brand the AS/400 or promote it as a distinct platform
in their advertising, I guess it's up to us. With that in mind,
and just for fun, I wrote my own little AS/400 commercial.
What do you think of it?
Ed Smith's Extremely Clever and Subversive AS/400 Commercial:
Camera view through a pair of binoculars pans the New Mexico
desert and locks onto a silver disk in the sky just before it
crashes into the ground.
Time lapse to a little while later as a military Jeep
pulls up near the crash site. Two men jump
out and cautiously approach the UFO.
Private: "What in god's name is it Sarge?"
Ignoring the Private, the Sargeant begins rummaging
through the debris.
Private: "Where d'ya think it come from Sarge?"
The Sargeant rolls his eyes as he inspects the craft up close.
The nervous Private becomes even more apprehensive as the Sargeant
calmly feels the side of the craft.
Private: "Sarge! What if there's somebody, or some-THING inside?
What if it's radio active?"
The Sargeant smirks to himself and lifts a panel in the
side of the craft. The camera zooms in on a black box with
some red striping.
Private: "What's that thing Sarge?"
This time the Sargeant immediately becomes visibly upset.
Sargeant: "Now you're asking too many questions Private!"
Private: "Sorry sir. It's just that I ain't seen nothing like
this before."
The Sargeant looks thoughtfully at the private, slowly nods his head.
"Look here son, this kind of technology simply cannot
fall into the wrong hands. It's too radical for this world.
It's too different. People just wouldn't understand.
It would change everything and right fast too.
Nobody's ready for that, you understand me?"
Private: "Well, uh, I guess I do Sarge."
Sargeant: "Good, now get this thing into the Jeep and let's get the
heck outta here."
As the Private places the black box in the Jeep, the camera zooms in on
the IBM AS/400e logo. The logo remains in view as the
two climb into the Jeep.
Private: "Sarge, what are we suppose to say about that?"
(nodding his toward the crashed object).
Sargeant: (snickers) "Oh that. We'll just say it was a weather balloon."
He starts the Jeep.
Private: "A weather balloon? Gee Sarge, Who's gonna believe that."
Sargeant: (Shakes his head) "You're real new at this, aint'cha kid."
They drive off.the camera pans up to the blue sky.
Voiceover:
The AS/400 Business Computer. It's one of the better kept secrets.
Radical. Different. And Crash Proof.
--
Edward R. Smith
ATS Project Leader mailto:edsmith@ibmuser.com http://www.ibmuser.com
SMUG Webmaster http://www.ibmuser.com/smug
Hey bulk e-mailer, get a real job.
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