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  3. September 2003

Re: More anti-midrange propaganda

> > Where to make money - services!!
>
> Fine, I'm all for that.  But not by giving them crappy
> hardware that REQUIRES $60,000 in services
> just to be competitive in the marketplace.
>
> Instead, why not come up with (novel idea!) a way
> to sell services to iSeries customers!

Joe, I agree with your sentiment completely.  Unfortunately, iSeries shops
have a history of being... thrifty.  The VAR program was supposed to do
exactly what you propose: bundle hardware and a value-add software package
at a good price.  If I remember right, it didn't quite turn out that way.
Too bad, because you're very right that a thriving 3rd party market for
midrange software/services would be profitable for many companies, including
IBM.
  --buck

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