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At 07:46 PM 8/6/01, you wrote: >Ken: > You hit the nail right on the head.Just check out the courses > available >in almost every other form of computing, and there are courses. > AS400 will probably die in a few years, simply because of marketing >pressures, and lack of exposure by the computing community at large. >Tom: >After 6 years with the Department of Education supporting Teacher >Certification, I got a feeling for such requirements. I also got a feeling >for what they're worth! > >I know what you're saying. But I still feel the same and I suspect others >do also. And it's unfortunate that your final conclusion has validity. I >don't like it, but there's no path around it that's likely to be taken. At >least I sure don't know of one. Ken & Tom (& the rest of you out there): If we say that the AS/400 will die, then guess what ... SHAME ON US. The ongoing life of the AS/400 depends on EVERY MEMBER of the AS/400 community. I have little faith in organized exercises like the "iSeries Nation" ... collective responsibility is doomed to fail. Also, members of that group are already sold on the AS/400. The key is to reach individuals who are not part of the AS/400 family. The key is for EVERY INDIVIDUAL to exercise INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY in helping the AS/400 to prosper. The issues are clear ... - Without new folks entering the AS/400 area ... the platform will die - Without IBM marketing the AS/400 to the general computing community ... the platform will die The solutions are clear ... - Hire & train new staff in the AS/400 (we have done so for years) - Have your company be a IBM AS/400 Partners in Education sponsor for your local community college - Tell your friends about the AS/400 ... send a letter to your local press touting the AS/400 every time that you hear another "Code Red" like-Virus story - If ANYONE FROM IBM IS LISTENING ... PLEASE MOVE MONEY INTO THE MARKETING BUDGET ... EVEN AT THE EXPENSE OF NEW SOFTWARE FEATURES!!! I would rather spend $10,000,000 telling the computing world about the benefits of the AS/400 than spend $10,000,000 enabling the AS/400 to run Linux. The rumors of the name "OS/4i" appearing in this list may be an early indication that IBM is planning to "re-launch" the AS/400 (just like the AS/400 was a re-launch of the System/38 product). If so, it will CERTAINLY be up to us to DO OUR PART! <ADV> And also run your (& your kids) sports leagues on AS/400-driven http://www.ScoreBook.com </ADV> ;-) On that note, let's take this conversation off line (if you want to continue it) ... John Myers IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Technical Solutions IBM Certified Specialist - Advisor for e-Business Strategic Business Systems, Inc. 17 S. Franklin Turnpike, Ramsey, NJ 07446 USA E-mail: mailto:jmyers@sbsusa.com Phone: +1 (201) EASY 400 x131 Web: http://www.sbsusa.com Fax: +1 (201) 327-6984 Free Sports League Management - Powered by AS/400 http://www.ScoreBook.com Get and route intelligence from your IBM AS/400 web site - WebSurvey/400 http://www.WebSurvey400.com Systems supporting the distribution operations of Motor Vehicle manufacturers http://www.VehicleSystem.com +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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