Re: iSeries Nation Update..... -- MIDRANGE-L

Have you seen the latest NewsWire/400 quoting Buell Duncan on this subject?
(I imagine those who were at COMMON knew this already.) I read into it some
conflicting messages about IBM's attitude to iSeries Nation - end result is
something along the lines of 'we know that iSeries has a band of very
faithful followers, so here's a sop to them and some assistance to them in
doing the marketing for us that we should be doing ourselves, but iSeries
is not the brand, IBM eServer is'. (i.e. business as usual.) Wonderful
doublethink.
Mandy


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well, let's see.
I have a patch for our company name and our slogan "AS/400 Specialist", and
an IBM Business Partner logo patch.
I have seen MCSE have patches for "Certified" or "MCSE Certified".

i Series Nation                    (simple)
or
member iSeries Nation        (too long?)
or
i Series Nation
eXtreme Servers
or
iSeries Nation
business servers
or
(with a little imagination, a big round patch, black, big red "i" (use
chiller font) and iSeries Nation underneath)
probably a little too extreme for ibm ( see www.ctlaltdel.net for some more
extreme designs)

Like the pins, etc at Common - they don't have too many words, like
"iNation
Rules, all others s*"

When I travel, people will ask, like "do i work for IBM?" and then i get to
explain this wonderful machine.
btw-If ibm really wants to reach business people & techies - do it in
airports.

jim




----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <dr2@cssas400.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: iSeries Nation Update.....


>
>
> Jim,
>
> what would the patch look like adn what would it say?
>
>
>
> On Sat, 19 May 2001, Jim Franz wrote:
>
> > > I would be curious as to what you all think could be done with 20,000
+
> > Crazy iSeries supporters ?
> >
> > one thing u could do is spread the word - get more - when they offered
the
> > backpacks, I sent notes w/links to pgmrs & managers who never tune in
to
> > where the iSeries is going. They liked the free stuff, and now (if they
read
> > their mail) ibm will send them all kinds of "what's new". Some of it
will
> > rub off. Wish we could get all those old S36 and V2 & V3 as400s to join
and
> > check out what's going on. I think ibm picked up on a comment months
ago
> > about the "cultish" following the machine has & has built on it.
> > Perhaps we, as a Nation, can get other parts of ibm to take notice. The
> > ibm-pc group created the "Underground" and has had many mailings, web
site,
> > free stuff, etc.
> > Not sure if it's tied in, but I'm trying to get people to view the It
Exists
> > video. What a message!
> > Would luv to have a iNation shirt (a cool one!). Wear it at the mall,
etc.
> > Be a walking billboard-like every other t-shirt.
> > I created an eXtreme shirt for the Baltimore Common, with a big
"anarchy-A"
> > for AS/400. Couldn't go at the last minute,
> > Some got passed around or sold to cover the expense. My daughter wears
it to
> > high school (she actually did the art work) and explains what an AS400
is to
> > her friends. They see the shirt and ask. IBM iSeries-eXtremely Reliable
> > Secure Scalable Incredibly Integrated eServers on the front, AS/400
eXtreme
> > Servers on the back. It got noticed.
> > I hope ibm does something here to get noticed (and to wake up the
faithful).
> > Remember the movie Dune. It's long past
> > time for the faithful to wake up.
> > Hey ibm - i'm a consultant - how about an iNation patch to add to my
> > business shirt?
> > am i ranting or dreaming?
> > jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jpcarr@tredegar.com>
> > To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2001 12:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: iSeries Nation Update.....
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well I think it's kinda a cross between  "Alien Nation"   and
"Rhythm
> > > Nation"
> > >
> > > Strange beings seemingly from an other world,    all with the same
beat.
> > >
> > > It's up to us.
> > >
> > > I would be curious as to what you all think could be done with 20,000
+
> > > Crazy iSeries supporters ?
> > > Could they do things that IBM Corp wouldn't let the iSeries team do?
If
> > > so what kind of things could we
> > > get away with that IBM Corp would be certain to squash if Roch.
tried
to
> > > do it?
> > >
> > >
> > > John Carr
> > >
> > > ----------------
> > > Is this similar to "Alien Nation" ??
> > > Pat Barber
> > >
> > > -----------------
> > > Don wrote:
> > > >
> > > > As of 15:43edt, there are over 20,000 citizens of the iSeries
Nation.
> > > >
> > > > The Movement has begun....
> > > >
> > >
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