Re: $5 Billion in AS/400 sales in 1998 ?

You're not kidding Neil !!!

Everyone that I have been e-mailing about this (outside of the list) I have been
PUSHING the point that you just CANNOT ignore - IF NT IS SO GREAT AND ENTERPRISE
READY, blah, blah, blah... WHY ISN'T MICROSOFT RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS ON IT
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What does it take for these non-AS/400 folks to start to wonder about this ????
!!!

It's really NOT rocket science !!!


Chuck

Neil Palmer wrote:

> And STILL Gerstner won't let them take the gloves off and attack NT head
> on in a full scale ALL media marketing blitz !
>
> Too bad the DOJ didn't force IBM to divest itself of the AS/400 division
> years ago.
> There would be no tiptoeing around afraid to say anything that might
> negatively affect their Services or Netfinity groups !     :-(
>
> Neil Palmer                                AS/400~~~~~
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Carr [SMTP:74711.77@compuserve.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, August 08, 1998 7:10 PM
> > To:   Midrange-L
> > Subject:      $5 Billion in AS/400  sales in 1998 ?
> >
> >
> > Hey All,
> >
> > For an obscure machine,   a LOT of people are buying them !
> > Take a look at this week's "Monday Morning Update"
> >
> > "Can IBM Break $5 Billion in AS/400 Sales for 1998?"
> > http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mmu/98/m980810.htm
> >
> > <<  According to Tom Jarosh, general manager of the AS/400 line,
> > The AS/400 business has never been stronger.   >>
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >     <<..... That revenue level would make the AS/400 hardware
> > business, for
> >   the first time in IBM's  history, as big as the company's flagship
> >   mainframe business.    And  depending on how the new G5 series
> >   mainframes are perceived by the market (and depending on the prices
> >   that IBM can charge based on intense price competition from clone
> >   mainframe makers Hitachi Data Systems and Amdahl and clone
> >   disk maker EMC),   the  AS/400 hardware business could actually
> >   end up being bigger than the mainframe hardware business. >>>
> >
> > <Just a Snippet>
> >
> > BTW,    I sent a similar posting to about 20 or so  writers and
> > editors of
> > Magazines.
> > Lets see if they pick up on it.     It's our time to shine!
> >
> > Respectfully
> > John Carr CDP
> > EdgeTech
> > 5921 Acorn Ridge Ct
> > Midlothian Va. 23112
> > 804-739-7689
> > 74711.77@compuserve.com
> >
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