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Hi Greg, I tend to agree with you i.r.o. the customer being able to MIGRATE their application to UNIX (NOT upgrade!!:) ). But, if it comes down to allowing them to change platform merely because we allow them to, for whatever reason, why should we? We all know that it is more expensive to recover a customer than it is to keep one. Why can we not provide the customer with the info, followed up with a bit of co-ersion (spelt badgering) to keep them on the right track? No reflection on you, but I think it often comes down to relinquishing a customer to an opposition platform rather than exert the effort to keep him/her on our platform, before we see a competitive BP take over that customer. I think it is high time that IBM starts providing some sort protection i.t.o. initial sale,(or whatever you may call it). In certain cases, we are all fighting for the same slice of the pie. It is only those who are doing 'cold canvassing' that are not threatened by the opposition. Then again, cold-canvassing takes up on helluva lot of funds and IBM does NOT reciprocate!!! Do you agree? Cheers. Jan. Greg Day wrote: > Steve, > > Maybe they wish to upgrade to a business application that runs on unix. > > If they don't love their AS400, they'll never treat it right anyway. > > The AS400 is better off without them. > > Greg > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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