RE: news

> From: Booth Martin
>
> While a good thing for the iSeries community, the boost in iSeries revenue
> may be a little misleading, according to analyst Tom Bittman, a Gartner
> Group v.p. and research director. "We're certainly seeing the iSeries
> revenue grow," he says,"but we're comparing it to a perfectly
> horrible first quarter last year."

<LOL!>

As opposed to what?  An outstanding year for other platforms?  The iSeries
outperformed every platform yet again.  Of course, Bittman is the same guy
who said "[zSeries and iSeries] remain valuable platforms in slow, long-term
decline," just a few months ago.  I love it when these folks have to
backpedal AND spin at the same time - it's almost like watching ballet!

Joe