Re: AS/6000

["Roger Pence" <rp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > PS: By way of backing up the doom and gloom of that article, have you
guys
> > checked the dismal AS/400 4th quarter results. 1999 was a grim year for
the
> > AS/400.
>
>   So if 4Q99 stunk so bad, why are simple DASD and memory upgrades for
720's
> ordered in the first week of Jan not shipping till near the end of Feb?
> Shouldn't they have this stuff piled up to the rafters?  Did they lay off
sooo
> many people up there that they can't even ship upgrades??

Larry-

You say that like I'm making IBM's financial numbers up. I'm not. Check 'em
out on the Web. Quit being so narrow and think a little about what's going
on.

Every one of these sites have a story about IBM's 4Q99 financials. Most
mention how bad 99 was for the AS/400.
    www.news400.com
    www.cnnfn.com
    http://dowjones.wsj.com/p/main.html
    www.midrangecomputing.com
    www.the400group.com
    www.computerworld.com
    www.infoworld.com
    www.postbulletin.com/
Be sure to not miss Tom Bittman's quotes at NEWS/400.

I don't know why IBM can't ship upgrades. Ask IBM.

rp

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