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Hi, Paul, I was considering responding with this comment, but I fear that COMMON might be too 400'ish for these characters. I actually think that a trip to the Rochester Briefing Center, would be more appropriate, less intrusive, and more cost effective. I have forwarded the entire issue to my IBM Executive Advocate, as I can't market to these guys. IBM likes to slap my hand when I help out accounts where I'm not authorized by their rules. This is goodness for the platform:-))))) Happy Easter Al Al Barsa, Jr. Barsa Consulting Group, LLC 400>390 914-251-1234 914-251-9406 fax http://www.barsaconsulting.com http://www.taatool.com "Paul Nelson" <pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: cc: midrange-l-bounces@x Subject: Re: Planning for an iSeries future idrange.com 04/19/2003 10:16 AM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion How about bringing her and/or the CIO to a COMMON conference? There's one in September in Orlando. There's a special "track" for IT executives. They can get up close & personal with IBM. Paul Nelson Arbor Solutions, Inc. 708-670-6978 Cell 708-923-7354 Home pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graap, Ken" <keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 4:44 PM Subject: RE: Planning for an iSeries future > I want to thank everyone for all the wonderful discussion on this topic. > > I have decided that a 3 year hiatus from a hardware upgrade probably won't > be as bad as I originally alluded too. > > I guess one of the issues I need to address with management though is the > adoption of an iSeries platform philosophy... > > We have one for the desktop side of the IT house... We regularly upgrade our > hardware based on a schedule - x number of years for displays, x number for > desktop PC's, x number for laptops etc... We also upgrade the desktop OS > "every other" release... Example, we went from Win95 to Win2000 skipping > Win98 and plan on skipping Win2003 ... You see... It is a philosophy of > keeping current in small steps and spreading the cost of this over time. > > I'm trying to suggest that we do the same with our AS/400 - ISeries > investment too. > > The current feedback I'm getting from my manager is "it is different" and > she hasn't been able to quite explain why. Of course her background has > always been the desktop arena and she just recently inherited the AS/400 > side of the floor after our last manager retired. I've strongly suggested > that she take some time to learn more about the iSeries but she hasn't > allocated any time yet. > > If I could convince her and the CIO that it is in our companies best > interest to have an iSeries upgrade philosophy then most of my current > issues would probably melt away. Of course as you have probably already > guessed, the philosophy of "wait and see" is not one I want to accept easily > <smile>. > > Kenneth > > **************************************** > Kenneth E. Graap > IBM Certified Specialist > AS/400e Professional System Administrator > NW Natural (Gas Services) > keg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Phone: 503-226-4211 x5537 > FAX: 603-849-0591 > **************************************** > > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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