RE: What follows V4R3?

Neil...

Yeah, I heard of it as a rumour (yet to get any official mailings) and
signed up for it on the webber...  

BUT, this still doesn't address informing the masses, and once again, IBM
insists on preaching to the choir....  You can't imagine how embarrased
I've been sometimes when I've sent a client or 2 downtown to a expo that's
got everyone BUT IBM presenting what I want them to be runing on their
400!  The question keeps coming back to me:  Hey, it works on NT...let's
go there....why not?  

BTW, that's the same place that the DC users group has our annual tech
conf...nice place!

Tks...

Don in DC


On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Neil Palmer wrote:

> Don,
> 
> I know this doesn't address your specific concerns re IBM showing up at 
> expos in your area with Netfinity, RS/6000, the kitchen sink, and NO 
> AS/400, but one AS/400 thing to check out this fall is the new Wave 
> Tour.  They're visiting The Inn & Conference Center, UMD on October 
> 20th from 2pm to 6pm, and there are other stops out east too.
> Check out http://iws.as400.ibm.com/frameset/wframeset.htm for info and 
> North American schedule.
> 
> 
> Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [SMTP:dr2@access.digex.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 2:23 PM
> To: David Dunfield
> Cc: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: What follows V4R3?
> 
> 
> Uh, before you Boo tooo loudly, you should read the Aug. newsletter
> from
> the DC users Group...www.wash-midrange.org.  Frankly, we're only
> getting
> IBM at tech expo's here in DC to push NT and unix...NONE THAT WE'VE
> SEEN
> are willing to bring in ANYTHING related to the 400...
> 
> When asked why NT and unix they're responses have been "because that's
> what users are looking for"....  Frankly I don't think that IBM
> internally
> believes what they've been preaching to us choir members for low these
> many years....
> 
> On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, David Dunfield wrote:
> 
> > Boo Hiss let the flames begin!
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Guzak, Michael [SMTP:Michael_guzak@goval.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 8:47 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: RE: What follows V4R3?
> >
> > I always assumed NT 5.0 followed V4R3....... ;-)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joe Teff [mailto:jteff19@idt.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 9:46 PM
> > To: 'MidrangeDotCom'
> > Subject: What follows V4R3?
> >
> >
> > Now that V4R3 is officially announced and V4R4 is being talked about
> in
> > early 1999,
> > I'm curious about what this esteemed list sees for the future. Copper
> > chip technology
> > should be available in late 1999 or early 2000. Do you think there
> will
> > be a V4R5 or
> > will it be V5R1? When will V5 happen? With the content of V4R3 and
> the
> > probable
> > content of V4R4, what do people need that's not there? Will the
> AS/400
> > metamorphis
> > into a new machine (I know the machine has done that while keeping
> the
> > old name)
> > with a new name to quiet the critics who call it "old architecture"?
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Joe Teff
> > Information Technology Consultant
> > IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer
> > Quality Data Systems
> > Minneapolis, MN
> 
> 
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