Re: COMMON

If IBM is going to "abandon" the AS/400 then I would think there would be
an even stronger need for an organization like COMMON as a real "users
group".  I hesitate to draw a parallel with "Star Trek", but if enough
people organize and keep pushing, IBM may be forced to bring back the
AS/400 brand.
Maybe we need to turn COMMON into a "guerrilla marketing organization".  If
IBM won't advertise the strengths of the AS/400 and what makes it superior
to the standard Wintel box, they can't stop someone else from telling the
story !
Maybe the message of http://www.ctlaltdel.net/   (check out the eXtreme
links at the bottom of the page if you haven't seen them) can be spread to
the masses !    ;-)

Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
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jkrueger@andrewscg.com@midrange.com on 2000/08/01 23:58:44

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Subject:  Re: COMMON


>> Hey,

>> Under the  "I just wanted to be the first to say it"   department

>> Who's going to the LAST(?)  AS/400 COMMON ??

>> John Carr

>> http://www.informationweek.com/797/ibm.htm
<<... Sources say Gerstner and Palmisano have all but signed off on a plan
to unify IBM's Netfinity,
RS/6000, AS/400, and mainframe servers under a single brand by the fourth
quarter.>>

What a depressing thought, John...  Even if the rebranding occurs, and IBM
continues to fail at advertising what was the AS/400, won't there still be
a
midrange user community with a lot in common that would still want to
continue
meeting and learning from one another?  Surely the user community doesn't
have
to vanish even if the AS/400 ends up in a masquerade costume, does it???

I'll be in Baltimore, but I sure don't want it to be the last conference...

What does everyone else think???

Janet Krueger
Andrews Consulting Group


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