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You're not kidding Neil !!! Everyone that I have been e-mailing about this (outside of the list) I have been PUSHING the point that you just CANNOT ignore - IF NT IS SO GREAT AND ENTERPRISE READY, blah, blah, blah... WHY ISN'T MICROSOFT RUNNING THEIR BUSINESS ON IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What does it take for these non-AS/400 folks to start to wonder about this ???? !!! It's really NOT rocket science !!! Chuck Neil Palmer wrote: > And STILL Gerstner won't let them take the gloves off and attack NT head > on in a full scale ALL media marketing blitz ! > > Too bad the DOJ didn't force IBM to divest itself of the AS/400 division > years ago. > There would be no tiptoeing around afraid to say anything that might > negatively affect their Services or Netfinity groups ! :-( > > Neil Palmer AS/400~~~~~ > NxTrend Technology - Canada ____________ ___ ~ > Thornhill, Ontario, Canada |OOOOOOOOOO| ________ o|__||= > Phone: (905) 731-9000 x238 |__________|_|______|_|______) > Cell.: (416) 565-1682 x238 oo oo oo oo OOOo=o\ > Fax: (905) 731-9202 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > mailto:NPalmer@NxTrend.com AS/400 The Ultimate Business Server > http://www.NxTrend.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: John Carr [SMTP:74711.77@compuserve.com] > > Sent: Saturday, August 08, 1998 7:10 PM > > To: Midrange-L > > Subject: $5 Billion in AS/400 sales in 1998 ? > > > > > > Hey All, > > > > For an obscure machine, a LOT of people are buying them ! > > Take a look at this week's "Monday Morning Update" > > > > "Can IBM Break $5 Billion in AS/400 Sales for 1998?" > > http://www.midrangecomputing.com/mmu/98/m980810.htm > > > > << According to Tom Jarosh, general manager of the AS/400 line, > > The AS/400 business has never been stronger. >> > > > > <snip> > > > > <<..... That revenue level would make the AS/400 hardware > > business, for > > the first time in IBM's history, as big as the company's flagship > > mainframe business. And depending on how the new G5 series > > mainframes are perceived by the market (and depending on the prices > > that IBM can charge based on intense price competition from clone > > mainframe makers Hitachi Data Systems and Amdahl and clone > > disk maker EMC), the AS/400 hardware business could actually > > end up being bigger than the mainframe hardware business. >>> > > > > <Just a Snippet> > > > > BTW, I sent a similar posting to about 20 or so writers and > > editors of > > Magazines. > > Lets see if they pick up on it. It's our time to shine! > > > > Respectfully > > John Carr CDP > > EdgeTech > > 5921 Acorn Ridge Ct > > Midlothian Va. 23112 > > 804-739-7689 > > 74711.77@compuserve.com > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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