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forget the pedigree angle. you'll just end up with more of the same crap.
spin it as well "the new OS supports existing OS/400 and i5/OS
applications"

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



From:
"Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
To:
"Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
05/07/2008 12:09 PM
Subject:
Re: IBM investment in i



That's a good idea Tommy...when you're talking with those kind of
folks. Of course, you want to mention that its pedigree is OS/400 when
you're talking to other folks, especially the ones interested in
backwards compatibility and investment protection.

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:47 PM, <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
M$ has a lock on the *PC* market...not in the business *main* processing
market. that's still where they are gaining a foothold but haven't
quite
made it yet. so yes, we as a community *AND* IBM *AND* BPs need to
promote the OS. with the new name IBM i, it may even be easier to do
so.
CIOs and CTOs tend to enjoy adding "new" technologies to their
infrastructure...just because it's "new" and therefore *must* be
innovative and "cool". So folks let's put on our party hats and
*DON'T*
mention "It's OS/400 (or i5/OS) with a new name" but rather "hey check
out
this new OS...it's called IBM i".

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



From:
"Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
To:
"Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
05/07/2008 11:39 AM
Subject:
Re: IBM investment in i



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.

profits are sky high at IBM. I think they figure that operating
systems and run time frameworks are not as profitable as middleware
and end user applications. They also dont want to compete where
Microsoft is strongest - operating systems, frameworks, languages.

-Steve
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