Re: IBM's 3Q results -- MIDRANGE-L

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> >we're seeing the same in parts of the US.  It's becoming a buyers
market
>  >here at least until 12/31...I'm hearing that in some parts of the
colonies
>  >RPG'ers are a "dime a dozen"....
>
> It doesn't appear that this slow down is affecting markets like SAP or
> client/server. Is this phenomenon limited to the "mainframe" world or
> to RPG in particular? Is AS/400 COBOL shops slow?

Maybe IBM is just 'faking' the numbers to get diehard RPGers to move to
Java. <vbg>

-Jeff
jlcrosby@fwi.com
Voice: 219-422-7531  Fax: 219-426-0212

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