Re: upgrade discounts for existing systems from IBM...

IBM's pretty open about listing the upgrades and warning you that if you 
don't upgrade you'll be stranded.
http://www-912.ibm.com/supporthome.nsf/document/29853352

I would bet that after calling on someone on a periodic basis who should 
have upgraded 8 years ago you'd give it up and start calling on someone 
else too.  Or at least the people in your home who have an affinity for 
food would rather that you did.

Rob Berendt
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Do you mean to tell me that "Websfear" is not enough
reason to upgrade ???

I also like the fact that there is NO real way for
some of these folks to upgrade since they are running
a version of the OS that is no longer supported.

They didn't "keep up" with IBM and now
they are the "Lost Boys" of the computer world...

Ohhhh by the way... NOBODY calls on those folks anymore.


Don wrote:

> 
> Ya know, you would think that IBM would make it more inticing to
> upgrade...  As I understand it, one of the biggest pains in Rochester's
> butt right now is all those OLD, REALLY OLD, white boxes still floating
> around...I'm talking Bxx,Cxx, Dxx, Fxx... vintage era systems.   And,
> those with 150's are also stuck...
> 
> The thing that some folks refuse to understand is that when a company 
has
> to pay alot of bucks to in effect MOVE to a new system, they will
> generally to a total software review as well...this means they will 
review
> if they still need what they have on what they're running it on or if
> there's something in thier mind that's better....and cheaper...  This is
> the kind of internal review that hardware/system upgraders REALLY DREAD 
or
> SHOULD really dread...because of the huge risk of losing your client!
> 
> Don in DC


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