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Have you seen an actual IBM salesman in the wild? I haven't, not in a good many years.
Michael Ryan wrote:
Really? What's the difference? Sales of services vs. sales of product,
but it's sales nonetheless.

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Recently I read Tom Watson Jr's book about IBM and his dad, T J Watson.
IBM became great because T J Watson believed in sales. Everything he
and therefore IBM did was driven by a desire for sales. Today's IBM is
a far cry from what T J demanded.



Pat Barber wrote:
> My view is hardly myopic and I was a BP for over 18 years, so I
> do have some knowledge of the market place and who is selling
> what.
>
> I have no complaints and my views are just that...my views.
>
> I could care less that you take offense.
>
> Did you actually read the part about "very few" are selling ?
>
>
> Trevor Perry wrote:
>
>
>> I take offense at the accusation that "nobody is selling the box".
>>
>>
>> Whatever complaints you have, whatever myopic vision of a glorious green
>> past you have, the world is a better place with IBM bringing IBM i to the
>> mainstream.
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