Re: IBM advertising on a Money Losing Product

Al,

Good to have you back...:)

Don in DC

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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Al Barsa, Jr. wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Well would look at this.  IBM has two computing product lines that make 
> money (AS/400 and S/390), which that don't hype; and two that bleed money 
> out of the bottom line (Netfinity and RS/6000).
> 
> So which one do they hype? - See next:
> 
> >http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2218995.html
> 
> Given the fact that IBM has a large presence in Rochester, Minnesota - the 
> home of the Mayo Clinic - maybe we could get a good deal on gift 
> certificates for lobotomies for the braindeal people that make these 
>decisions.
> 
> As a stockholder, my sentiments are:  God forbid that this company should 
> make big bucks.  Clearly senior management either doesn't want this, or is 
> too challenged to realize that this is the answer.  BTW, IBM refuses to use 
> AS/400 to run their business, they use other platforms, because they have 
> lots of money so squander.  Microsoft, which recently dumped their 23 
> AS/400s for 1200 in-house NT servers, has abandoned their in-house strategy 
> to go with a service bureau that is running them on 23 AS/400s.  (KGB 
> report:  Do not check the serial numbers.  Anyone who checked the serial 
> numbers will be fitted for cement overshoes.  Much thanks are attributed to 
> the KGB.)
> 
> Al
> 
> 
> Al Barsa, Jr.
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