Re: IBM Secret (Was Copy to New AS400 via TCP)

At 08:22 AM 5/7/99 +0100, you wrote:
>It still amazes me that although the AS/400 is a very popular midrange
>business system all around the world, many non AS/400 people still have
>not even heard of it, or RPG. 
>
>Do IBM need to raise the profile of this magical system or what?
>
>How many colleges/universities actually teach RPG
>
This is because IBM chooses to not invest in aggressively marketing the
system.  Instead they aggressively market Netfinity and RS/6000, neither of
which are particularly profitable.

If IBM decided to show colleges how much value there would be to graduates
who were well acquainted with the platform, but they are not doing enough.

GO FIGURE (new AS/400 menu)

Al




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