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Pat, you wrote... <snip> > Just remember this one last "fact"... according to most numbers I have > seen, less than 20% of ALL 400's are new business, the rest being > replace > existing accounts..... <snip> Just to confirm your fact... I asked John Erickson (Rochester) about this last night at our LUG meeting. The number he gave me was 15%. Somewhat discouraging to hear! He also stated that AS/400 sales are expected to exceed 6B this year (the entire related industry being worth over 13B annually). So the rest of us are contributing 85% of that business. When asked about IBM's education initiatives, he talked about how IBM is going to contribute Invaders to the tech schools. This was a pleasant surprise to our local school's program director, who happened to be present. He also emphasized the stepped up marketing efforts, specifically promoting the AS/400. Kathleen Kostuck ___________________ pager (414) 402-0820 fax (414) 495-4986 kkostuck@execpc.com AS400 Solutions Secretary - Wisconsin Midrange Computer Professionals Association ___________________ +--- | 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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