Re: And if you were worried about your future...

iVeal?  Did you ask Greg about that yet???

:)

Don in DC



At 09:52 AM 1/25/2007 -0600, you wrote:

I think we were a cash cow. Now we are just a cash calf.

Anyone want iVeal with your RPG?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Ryan"
Subject: Re: And if you were worried about your future...


> It will be a while before we're a commodity. We make IBM money without
> a lot of effort on their part. I think we're a cash cow.
>
> On 1/25/07, Trevor Perry <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> IBM is selling parts of its business. Today, it is Ricoh buying the
>> Printing division. See here:

>> http://www.varbusiness.com/sections/news/breakingnews.jhtml?articleId=197000461

>>
>> Quote: "The sale is the latest move by IBM CEO Sam Palmisano to rid the
>> company of low margin hardware products that are increasingly seen as
>> commodities."
>>
>> So, while System i division is profitable, we can remain part of IBM? I
>> was comparing an 820 yesterday - list price was originally over
>> $2million. The current replacement cost is less than $250K. Maybe we are
>> heading for someone to buy 51%? When will we be a commodity?

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