Re: e-server/i-series

["John Kennedy" <jkennedy@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Tom Daly" <Tdaly@sddsystems.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2000 9:31 AM
Subject: e-server/i-series


> I hate to be too quick to judge, but my first take on all of this
> rebranding: 'they actually pay people to come up with this?'!

The most amazing thing to me is that the iSeries 400 now shares its name
with a line of IBM's ThinkPads.  Actually, I think the ThinkPads have been
renamed to xSeries so I guess they are not actually sharing the name.
However, until this recent announcement, there was an iSeries that I believe
was at the lower end of IBM's ThinkPad product line.

Can you just picture a B.P. trying to sell an executive on the idea of
running his/her business on an iSeries 400 when the executive just purchased
an iSeries 1200 (ThinkPad) for the kids to use at school?

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