Re: So if there is no Hardware specific Advertising then???????

[Jay <tegger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The sad part is that this seems to be the trend. IBM royally stinks when it 
comes
to managing the AS/400; it's most powerful in years.

A while ago, I was talking with a few former co-workers. None of them program on
the AS/400 anymore. The job market in their new towns has vanished. The jobs 
that
are available are maintenance and downsizing.

My boss is even having trouble finding stuff for me to do. So, I'm looking into
Linux programming and VB too.

Chalk 12-years of being the RPG die-hard as a waste.


nina jones wrote:

> >
> > (Hey Lou, and you listening?  I doubt it, because IBM's current management
> > technique is anything for a fast dollar.  The hell with customer sat.  Lou,
> > you want to make a fast buck, sell the AS/400 Division.  But once you do,
> > you better get out of the computer business, because no one could compete
> > with a well run AS/400 Company!)
> >
>
> last month, i went to a convention for credit managers.  i heard several
> of them talking about their company computer systems.  there was this
> really slick p/c based product demonstrated at the 'expo' to handle in
> house collections.  one evening, i overheard one lady saying she wanted
> the package, but (big sigh) their company had an as/400.  the fellow she
> was talking to mentioned that they had had an as/400 too, but had
> switched to a windows based system last year.  the definate tone of the
> conversation was if you had an as/400, you were using yesteryear's
> technology.
>
> i jumped in and told them i worked with as/400's, and she could get a
> p/c instead of a dumb terminal, etc, etc, but they both looked at me
> like i had just landed from mars.
>
> it got me to thinking, in the early 90's, at the expo, many of the
> products demonstrated (accounts receivable and accounting systems) were
> as/400 based.  this year, none.
>
> there is a definate perception problem with the as/400.  what can be
> done to turn it around?
>
> nj
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