RE: AS/400 heritage

I think that you are all being very difficult.  A
story is just that.  It may even be interesting. 
Lighten up.


--- Dan Neal <dneal@btcgrp.com> wrote:
> 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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