Re: Why NOT the 400?

Sorry, make that one simple WORD...

Still on Pacific time....

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On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Don wrote:

>
>
> One simple work:  SERVICES
>
> The 400 is too good of a box.  The 400 is so good you can install and
> basically forget it.
>
> You CAN NOT do that with: unix, linux, windows(Endorsed by IBM for
> Business)....
>
> Don in DC
>
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>
> On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Rick Rayburn wrote:
>
> > Why NOT?
> >
> > I don't understand. Everybody in - and out of - our industry know the 400 is
> > the very best-of-breed choice for management of your back office. Don't
> > heavy-transactional environments flourish better in shallow water? The 400
> > does that very well.
> >
> > So, who cares how fast you're speeding down the super highway? You gotta
> > have a vault to protect your crucial data, don't you?
> >
> > So,why is that so hard to market? Doesn't our box provide sufficient-enough
> > access to the big road? Sure it does. Certainly enough for a sizable market
> > share. And that's fine. No sweat.
> >
> > We should be getting all the back office action, right?
> >
> > Shouldn't the 400, "promote itself". It's not as if we are trying to sell a
> > lemon disguised as a peach.
> >
> > We have a solid resource and community. Why does our industry grow smaller?
> >
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