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Dear Rob, I fully agree with your assessment. One of the interesting ways IBM could choose to promote the i5 OS - OS/400 capabilities would be to provide a low cost demonstration version of the operating system, which was compatible with the Power PC emulator program known as PearPC (see http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/). As PearPC is compatible with the MAC, Linux, and WinTel platforms, it means that you would be able to run this version of i5 OS ? OS/400 on whatever desktop platform your organization had selected for you. It also means that IBM business partners could visit prospective customers with laptop enabled demonstrations of their products and they could also provide limited proof of concept i5 OS ? OS/400 demonstrations using a desktop or laptop at a prospective customer?s site without needing to necessarily deliver an i5 ? iSeries hardware platform just to run the demo. Managed appropriately, I think this concept would help promote the idea that there are solid alternatives to using MS Windows for every business requirement without subjecting the base i5 OS to a significant increased risk of becoming a virus writers favorite new target. Best Regards, /Paul -- Paul Tykodi Principal Consultant TCS - Tykodi Consulting Services LLC E-mail: ptykodi@xxxxxxxxxx >date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:31:06 +0100 >from: Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx> >subject: Re: 64 bit Windows... > >Joe > >The trouble is that you are preaching to the choir. >We all understand what 64 bits means and the benefits, >but the world out there does not, and they won't do >until MS tells them that 64 bit is what they need. >Then there will be further press articles about how >Windows 64 is the first mainstream 64 bit operating >system. IBM should have told the world about 64 bits >10 years ago, but they did not. > >On the basis of Windows releases so far, we, on >Midrange, may assume that any 64 bit Windows OS will >fall over continually, and require continuous support. >Even if we are right, it won't matter, because a great >many Windows users have only used PCs and their >operating systems that fall over continually. But >they believe that that is how computing is. Try and >tell them that, on an iSeries, no rogue program can >bring down the whole system, and that an iSeries is >rebooted very rarely, they just don't believe you. If >you do manage to get their attention, and they find >out the base price of an iSeries, and compare that >with a cheap Wintel server, you have then lost them. >After all, they know all there is to know, have lots >of experience and I (and probably quite a few others >on this list) are just old folks who are years behind >the times. I am talking here not just about end >users, but IT staff that I have met who have perhaps >15 years experience. Microsoft is the world's best >(or only to many people?) software company. They are >very >successful - if their products were rubbish, >they would not be so successful, would they? > >We know better, but we cannot put the world to rights, >even though we keep on trying. In my view, only IBM >can solve the problem by starting to market iSeries, >64 bits, etc., to the world at large. They would >still believe IBM. But IBM has never done this, and >despite recent flurries of activity, seems unlikely >to start now. They seem more interested in selling >services and consultancy rather than systems that >don't need these. > >Skype VOIP software is apparently being downloaded by >155,000 users a day - quite an extraordinary take up >for a fairly new product that is not marketed. > >Perhaps IBM could learn from this. They could produce >the often discussed low price iSeries in an Thinkpad >case. We know that they can do it. I am sure that >this would sell and it would spread the word. Ordinary >users and their IT staff would get the opportunity to >use an iSeries - at present most never come across >one. Of course, they wouldn't sell Skype quantities - >Skype is free, but I am sure that the numbers would be >significant. > >So, rather than spending time debating, shouldn't we >be trying to kick IBM? Trouble is how do we do it? > >Rob > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/
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