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Subject: Re: Dis-merits of AS/400
From: Don Schenck <schencd%AM_LZCH%VASELL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 03:47:35 -0400
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:::Don Schenck wrote:
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:::> Because the AS/400 has been around for 10+ years, it is perceived as old.
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:::How old is Windoze? How old are "PC's"?


Here again ... MARKETING. Check this out: We have Windows 98, and soon Windows
2000 (how soon is "soon"? ha ha).

So they APPEAR new.

Perhaps the AS/400 should be reinvented as ... I dunno ... AS/2000? Or at least
OS/2000 for the operating system.

Perception; it sells.

Peace,

-- Don Schenck
www.SchenckTech.com

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