Re: 5 straight quarters of negative sales growth

Trevor Perry wrote:

Or, you could be more positive, and say this was not the 18% drop from Q42005.

When I was in Australia in October, the local IBMers were telling me that they are not selling fewer servers - in fact, there is some growth. I see some of that happening here in the US, as well. What is dropping is revenue, not the numbers of servers. We already know there has to be a change in the way the systems are marketed, configured, and priced, but it cannot happen overnight. Personally, I think 2007 will be an exciting year for System i. Momentum is building.

Have some iPatience. We have a lot of negative marketing to overcome and a lot of backward thinking from within that needs to change. And, not all of us are TPM groupies - most of us think for ourselves. Progress is being made, regardless of the financials.