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<snip> From: Leif Svalgaard: Anne L and friends. I find it truly amazing that we (the experts :-) can't figure something like this out. Says a lot abut how far IBM's marketing still has to go. It is just WAY too hard to navigate this jungle. <endsnip> Leif: With all due respect to the technical experts that contribute to the list, the ability those of us have to properly design and configure an iSeries to meet customer expectations is a different skill than knowing OS/400 and its associated LPP's. That's why business partners spend so much money, time, and energy to understand all of the options and details that go into even a simple order of a 250. Making sure all of the appropriate cables, feature codes and other odds and ends are ordered correctly is not the same as going to CompUSA for a PC. One could argue that IBM should make it more simple for the average iSeries consumer to buy this stuff, but then we would hear howls of indignation from that same crowd about how come IBM did not ship the correct hardware, cables, software, etc. with the order, or why can't I order it that way. An iSeries is not your average car on the showroom floor. The reason we have a multitude of feature/function available to us is we have asked for them, and IBM responded. If you really want to navigate the jungle, call your local IBM Business Partner. It will wind up costing less in the long run, and you will have much higher satisfaction with your purchase. If you don't have a Business Partner, there are several folks on this list that work for, (me included) or own one that would be happy to help you. Now, letting the world know about this machine and it's abilities, well, that's another discussion. Jim Oberholtzer Senior Technical Architect IBM eServer Certified Systems Expert, iSeries Technical Solutions V5R1 IBM eServer Certified Specialist, iSeries Technical Solutions Implementation V5R1 IBM eServer Certified Specialist, iSeries Technical Solutions Design V5R1 Computech Resources, Inc.
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