Re: What follows V4R3?

Yeah bud !!

How TIMELY Don !!

In the last week I have received 4 e-mails and 3 mailings (1 at work and 2 at 
home
!) promoting Microsoft TechNet and MSDN Developer Series seminars and actual
CLASSES - ALL FREE !!!!!!!

The MSDN deal has 14 different tracks coming to INDIANAPOLIS  this month, next
month and into December and covering the following:


Getting Started: 100 Level

DEV120 - Core Concepts: Visual Basic
DEV130 - Core Concepts: Choosing the Right Tool
SQL 120 -Migrating from Microsoft Access to Microsoft SQL Server 6.5
WEB110 - Core Concepts: Building a Web Site
WEB120 - Core Concepts: Internet Security

Improving on what I've got: 200 level

DEV200 - Microsoft's Development Architecture Overview
DEV210 - Microsoft's Middle Tier - COM, MTS and MSMQ
SQL210 - Microsoft SQL Server for the Developer
SQL240 - Getting your SQL Server 6.5 application to the SQL
SQL250  - "Plato" - Microsoft's Data Warehouse engine
WEB210 - Web Server Programming with Active Server Pages
WEB220 - HTML Scripting & Dynamic HTML
WEB240 - Anatomy of an Effective Web Project
WEB250 - Building a Commerce-enabled Web Site

Let's get serious: 300 level

DEV310 - Putting Life Cycle Productivity Into your distributed architecture 
design
DEV320 - Writing High Performance Applications
SQL310 - Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Performance Tuning
WEB310 - Implementing Membership and Personalization Systems
WEB320 - Intranet Knowledge Management with Microsoft Site Server

Each class is 3 hours.

ALL FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE

I am NOT trying to sound like a Microsoft COMMERCIAL here, but even if they ARE 
a 3
hour sales pitch (and from the detail I don't think that is totally the case,
although I'm sure a good dose of that will go on...) THEY ARE OUT IN FRONT OF 
FOLKS
!!!!

I plan on attending a few and will let everyone know !!!

COME ON IBM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don wrote:

> Neil...
>
> Yeah, I heard of it as a rumour (yet to get any official mailings) and
> signed up for it on the webber...
>
> BUT, this still doesn't address informing the masses, and once again, IBM
> insists on preaching to the choir....  You can't imagine how embarrased
> I've been sometimes when I've sent a client or 2 downtown to a expo that's
> got everyone BUT IBM presenting what I want them to be runing on their
> 400!  The question keeps coming back to me:  Hey, it works on NT...let's
> go there....why not?
>
> BTW, that's the same place that the DC users group has our annual tech
> conf...nice place!
>
> Tks...
>
> Don in DC
>
> On Thu, 10 Sep 1998, Neil Palmer wrote:
>
> > Don,
> >
> > I know this doesn't address your specific concerns re IBM showing up at
> > expos in your area with Netfinity, RS/6000, the kitchen sink, and NO
> > AS/400, but one AS/400 thing to check out this fall is the new Wave
> > Tour.  They're visiting The Inn & Conference Center, UMD on October
> > 20th from 2pm to 6pm, and there are other stops out east too.
> > Check out http://iws.as400.ibm.com/frameset/wframeset.htm for info and
> > North American schedule.
> >
> >
> > Neil Palmer         DPS Data Processing Services Canada Ltd.
> >                                              AS/400~~~~~
> > Thornhill, Ontario,  Canada    ___________          ___  ~
> > Phone: (905) 731-9000  x238   |OOOOOOOOOO| ________  o|__||=
> > Cell.: (416) 565-1682  x238   |__________|_|______|_|______)
> > Fax:   (905) 731-9202          oo      oo   oo  oo   OOOo=o\
> > mailto:NeilP@DPSlink.com    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > http://www.DPSlink.com        AS/400  The Ultimate Business Server
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Don [SMTP:dr2@access.digex.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 2:23 PM
> > To: David Dunfield
> > Cc: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> > Subject: RE: What follows V4R3?
> >
> >
> > Uh, before you Boo tooo loudly, you should read the Aug. newsletter
> > from
> > the DC users Group...www.wash-midrange.org.  Frankly, we're only
> > getting
> > IBM at tech expo's here in DC to push NT and unix...NONE THAT WE'VE
> > SEEN
> > are willing to bring in ANYTHING related to the 400...
> >
> > When asked why NT and unix they're responses have been "because that's
> > what users are looking for"....  Frankly I don't think that IBM
> > internally
> > believes what they've been preaching to us choir members for low these
> > many years....
> >
> > On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, David Dunfield wrote:
> >
> > > Boo Hiss let the flames begin!
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Guzak, Michael [SMTP:Michael_guzak@goval.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 1998 8:47 AM
> > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > > Subject: RE: What follows V4R3?
> > >
> > > I always assumed NT 5.0 followed V4R3....... ;-)
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Joe Teff [mailto:jteff19@idt.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 1998 9:46 PM
> > > To: 'MidrangeDotCom'
> > > Subject: What follows V4R3?
> > >
> > >
> > > Now that V4R3 is officially announced and V4R4 is being talked about
> > in
> > > early 1999,
> > > I'm curious about what this esteemed list sees for the future. Copper
> > > chip technology
> > > should be available in late 1999 or early 2000. Do you think there
> > will
> > > be a V4R5 or
> > > will it be V5R1? When will V5 happen? With the content of V4R3 and
> > the
> > > probable
> > > content of V4R4, what do people need that's not there? Will the
> > AS/400
> > > metamorphis
> > > into a new machine (I know the machine has done that while keeping
> > the
> > > old name)
> > > with a new name to quiet the critics who call it "old architecture"?
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> > >
> > > Joe Teff
> > > Information Technology Consultant
> > > IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer
> > > Quality Data Systems
> > > Minneapolis, MN
> >
> >
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