RE: AS/400 heritage

I must agree.  No disrespect intended to you Evelyn or anyone involved with
the iSeries Magazine, but the focus needs to be on how the iSeries can add
value to organizations.

I hear of stores everyday of failed projects on other platforms, but I must
say my past projects on AS/400's have never failed.  They might not have
been easy, but they were cost effective and successful.

Again, the past is the past, look to the future and lets sell more
processors to new customers.

Dan Neal
btc group, llc

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
[mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Leif Svalgaard
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 5:14 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: AS/400 heritage


hear, hear !

----- Original Message -----
From: L. S. Russell <leslier@datrek.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: AS/400 heritage


> What a waste of ink!  Why not publish some stories telling us why IBM
> refuses to effectively market the iSeries to those outside its
> established customer base?  Why not accept submissions from those on
> this and other lists who have great ideas as to how this can be
> accomplished?  Why tell us about the old boxes when we are more
> interested in the future of the platform?
>
> Evelyn Hoover wrote:
> >
> > iSeries Magazine is launching a new feature that will allow readers to
take
> > a look back at some early AS/400 boxes and related hardware. And, we'd
like
> > some help with this feature, which have called "Heritage." Each month,
> > beginning in June, we will publish a photograph of an older computer
> > (System/36, System/38 or early AS/400) or peripheral device (e.g., a
disk
> > drive or storage device). Accompanying the photo will be a description
of
> > the machine's capabilities -- everything from its speeds and feeds to
its
> > dimensions and weight.
> >
> > We've collected the photos, but we need your stories. For example, tell
us
> > if you used one of the first AS/400s, and what you used it for. What
> > features made it so great for the time? What were its limitations? Were
> > your loyalties to the System/36 or the System/38, and why?
> >
> > If you take a couple of minutes to share your memories, you just might
find
> > your words in iSeries Magazine (and we'll send you a t-shirt if we
publish
> > your story). Send your questions, comments, reflections and anecdotes
to:
> > Neil Tardy, iSeries Magazine senior editor, neiltardy@us.ibm.com.
> >
> > Evelyn Hoover
> > Managing Editor
> > iSeries Magazine
> > (507) 286-6853 T/L 456-6853
> > e-mail: evelynhoover@us.ibm.com
> > Web site: http://www.the400resource.com
> >
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