Re: Why NOT the 400?

While this makes sense, lets ask the people moving TO the iSeries, too. Why
d they choose iSeries over everything else?
 
There are some folks that are new to platform, aren't there? 
 
(One story I'd like to see is a fairly reported story of "So, where are we
now that it is 2 years into the new platform?" I wonder if the sales person
s promises were kept? Was the change worth it? Does the company have the
functionality it used to have, plus more? Is it cheaper? Or maybe I wouldn't
love to see it. Maybe everyone else is doing it better. The very few
instances I have witnessed have two characteristics: 1) top management brags
on their new system, 2) lots of little department data servers with
information spread all over and lots of duplication of effort and
inconsistency of basic information.) 
 
By the way, is our community growing smaller in comparison to the rest of
the industry?

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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Sunday, July 27, 2003 1:17:27 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Why NOT the 400?
 
Rick,
 
Asking these questions here on the Midrange-L list is pointless. You'll
get a lot of agreement with your position, and you'll get a few people who
don't really understand why the community is shrinking who will,
nonetheless, give their conjectures.
 
However, you'll never find out the real truth here. Ask your questions
in other areas, on Windows-related groups, on Unix-related groups, etc.
 
Asking here is like asking Tipper Gore why G.W. Bush won the election.
She may be able to conjecture, but she didn't vote for Bush, and it
wouldn't have been her decision to put him there.
 
 
On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Rick Rayburn wrote:
 
> Why NOT?
>
> I don't understand. Everybody in - and out of - our industry know the 400
is
> the very best-of-breed choice for management of your back office. Don't
> heavy-transactional environments flourish better in shallow water? The 400
> does that very well.
>
> So, who cares how fast you're speeding down the super highway? You gotta
> have a vault to protect your crucial data, don't you?
>
> So,why is that so hard to market? Doesn't our box provide
sufficient-enough
> access to the big road? Sure it does. Certainly enough for a sizable
market
> share. And that's fine. No sweat.
>
> We should be getting all the back office action, right?
>
> Shouldn't the 400, "promote itself". It's not as if we are trying to sell
a
> lemon disguised as a peach.
>
> We have a solid resource and community. Why does our industry grow
smaller?
>
.