RE: Discontinuance of support for the *M36

["Shaw, David" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark,

I certainly agree that it's not a good approach to keeping those customers
happy.  I wonder if IBM or anyone else really has any kind of accurate
number for the *M36 users.  If your estimate is close, it's definitely
another short-sighted move on IBM's part.

Dave Shaw
Spartan International, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC

-----Original Message-----
From: M. Lazarus [mailto:mlazarus@ttec.com]

<snip>
  *But* if you look at the announced plans for OS/400 (this is going back a
while, but the basic premise remains) and you will see that the ability to
host guest OSs are part of that plan.

 Back to the *M36.  SSP is stable.  *The M36 is stable.  I don't know how
many S/36 and *M36 accounts there are out there, but I would venture to say
it's significant.  My guess is 50K - 100K!!  They are paying customers -
hardware, software, services and loyalty.  Ah yes, loyalty to IBM.  How long
can IBM jerk these customers around before they run to some other platform?

 -mark 
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