Re: "State of the Midrange" by Don Rima

I think you are dead on, and Dean said something in a post I read
earlier that falls in line with your comments and I know that Chuck
Lewis is gathering support from members on this list and start a sort of
protest.  If you are interested you should get in contact with Chuck, it
can't hurt.

jt wrote:
> 
> >So OK folks, then WHY don't a GROUP of us agree
> >that this needs to be done and DO IT ???? !!!
> >We COULD coordinate this and share information
> >back and forth. With the exception of John Carr
> >and myself (and I KNOW there ARE others...) how
> >many of you folks EVER write to or email a
> >non-AS/400 publication or hit non-AS/400 forums
> >to tout and debate the AS/400 ???? !!!!
> 
> >Chuck
> 
> Funny you mention that.  I saw yours and John Carr's posts last month on the
> need to write the editor.  So I wrote InfoWorld thanking them for running
> "The Platform that Pays" along with other articles favorable to the AS/400
> (including John Carr's article).  They published that letter yesterday.
> 
> IMO, good press sells computers even better than good marketing.  If you
> want more good press for the AS/400 then you should subscribe to InfoWorld'w
> free e-mail newsletter at http://www.iwsubscribe.com/newsletters/ and then
> tell the editor why you are subscribing at letters@infoworld.com.
> 
> These two simple things can be done in the time it takes to write and/or
> read a flame on IBM's marketing, and with a lot less expense than an ad in
> the WSJ.
> 
> I would think there may be a good case for David Gibbs to open up a forum
> dedicated to people who actually want TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT improving the
> perception of the AS/400.  And I, for one, would be open to other
> suggestions.
> 
> Someone said "A journey of thousand miles begins with just one step."  I say
> that's true, but progress is a lot faster if one thousand people each take
> one step in the same direction.
> 
> jt
> 
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