Re: How are CPU Speed and Overall CPW Related?

["James W. Kilgore" <eMail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan,

We have had very good success in the $20m/yr client size.

Not that -WE- made $20M, but that was their sales. :)

Think of it like a pyramid.  From bottom (the broadest, most populated
place) to the top (it's always lonely at the top) the right model AS/400
can fill the need.

This is something that has been brought up on the consult400 list.  Who
should the AS/400 me marketed to and therefore where should you set your
skill set for.

The answer is that the AS/400 will span the $1M -> $1B/mo revenue user. 
That spans an incredible variety of needs.  IMHO, pick the type of
company you feel the most comfortable with.  Pick the industry that you
have an interest in.  You will find an AS/400 there, somewhere.

I have had the pleasure of working with a myriad of industries and great
people along the way.  During the process I have advanced my skill set
and in exchange my clients have taught me the inner workings of mail
order, hospitals, restaurants, non-profits, trucking, construction,
distribution, manufacturing and I now know how to make explosives from
household chemicals. ;)

The iSeries is not -just- a computer.  It is a business tool.  An
incredible tool.  If IBM hadn't made it, maybe Ron Popeil would have! 
It slices, it dices ...


"Nathan M. Andelin" wrote:
> 
<<snip>>
> 
> Is the AS/400 really targeted at the customer with 2 million accounts?  Or,
> does it have a place in small business?  Since I'm a software developer for
> this platform, who should I be targeting?
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