Re: Price Increases !!!!!

[boothm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I'm curious.   Is there an "abandonment rate"?   Is the AS/400 losing 
installations faster or slower than it is gaining them? 
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nina jones <ddi@datadesigninc.com>
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12/07/1999 08:13 PM
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> In our case, this will delay our upgrade schedule, and mean less revenue
> for IBM in the short term.  It may even force us to look to the used
> market.

ibm doesn't learn, do they?  they seem to think their client base is
cast in stone,  and they can do what they please with them. 

like when the as/400 came out, they somehow thought that customers that
paid $40,000 for a 36 would gladly cough up $100,000 for an as/400.  and
they couldn't understand why so many formerly loyal 36 users jumped ship
and went to platforms like unibol. 

many of our companies (not mine) are hanging onto the as/400 by the skin
of it's teeth.  bosses want windows, and the mis folks are begging and
pleading with them to keep the as/400 for reliability. 

ibm would make our jobs a lot easier if they would tell the world about
the as/400, and not stick it to the loyal users!

nj
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