Re: Developer Lease to 1.75%????

Everyone who has commented on this speaks of this as a
iSeries change. iSeries has always been on the outer edge
of Partnerworld. This is either a Partnerworld or IGF move,
and is directed at all hardware platforms. Neither Partnerworld
or IGF reports in any way to Rochester & the iSeries division.
This is just IBM Corp sticking it (sharing the burden) to all developers.
Kind of like the recent layoffs.
btw - for those that attended the last Common Soundoff, I raised the
"personal developers box" question again, and was promised it would
be looked into (and Mr Duncan was sure it was an active program).
The answer came a week or so later - it is not an active program, they
had several legal issues that could not be resolved. In this age of
Arthur Andersen/Enron & shrinking budgets, we may see more options
disappear.
jim franz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dare" <oludare@ix.netcom.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: Developer Lease to 1.75%????


> Guys,
>
> I'm just overwhelm by the way IBM is conduction business with the iSeries
> server (AS/400).  As if it is not difficult enough for developers to get
> into one of these boxes (270) now they have to raise the bar for financing
> the system.  I tried to get in with their current criteria and I was
bumped
> due to lack of business credit history.  I'm just tired trying to build a
> business and career with the AS/400.  I'm moving on to Suns Solaris and
> Linux for more knowledge, development and to build my business.  I will
> continue to work with my current knowledge on the iSeries until I'm fully
> developed on the other platforms I'm learning now.
>
> Dare
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Silberberg" <jsilberberg@mindspring.com>
> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 1:58 PM
> Subject: Re: Developer Lease to 1.75%????
>
>
> > Okay,
> >
> >         WHY WOULD YOU DEAL WITH IBM Credit Corp anyway. They are the
worse
> > lender in the world as they think everyone is a fortune 100 with a huge
> team
> > of lawyers to read and interpret their garbage.  An you are just a pain
> that
> > some management type forced them to deal with...
> >
> >          BUY the thing at the 50% off cost, finance if you must with a
> > credit union, and when you are ready for the next box sell it to another
> > developer at the fully depreciated cost...
> >
> >         My  TWO CENTS !!
> > JMS..
> >
> >
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