RE: The IBM iSeries word from FOSE...

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Michael,

not to mention the US Park Police...first time I actually met an IS Dir
that was a sworn office and packing a 92f 9mm...Tony's a nice guy...  And,
btw, thier CPU is in a flood plane down by the Roosevelt memorial... THAT
I got a huge laugh out of...  :)

Also Smithsonian....still using Island Pacific last I heard....  FBI,
Federal Reserve is a AS400 user....FAA....and FAA still has alot of the
old tube technologies as well as I'm told... :)

Don in DC

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On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> But this is a government tech show...and government (except local and
> county) have never bought iSeries.
>
> IBM needs to target the traditional markets for iSeries, and try to get
> competitive installs over UNIX and Windows systems...like accounting
> and HR and ERP and CRM.
>
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: The IBM iSeries word from FOSE...
> > From: Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Date: Thu, April 07, 2005 10:39 am
> > To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Here in DC, we have an annual BIG expo of techno vendors, wares, etc.
> > It's kinda like the governments COMDEX if you will, it's just better run
> > and attended than COMDEX.
> >
> > Dell had a BIG booth and well staffed.
> >
> > HP had a BIG booth and well staffed...
> >
> > Apple had a BIG booth and well staffed...
> >
> > ...as did alot of the major vendors....and these booths were BUSY.
> >
> > IBM's booth, when I finally found it, was one guy sitting on a corner
> > postage stamp size of space with a little sign attached to a xSeries
> > cluster server saying "Linux DB2".  When I poped by to see what was going
> > on, he was complaining that his blade server had been stolen the night
> > before.  When I asked him about ANY ANY ANY iSeries representation at the
> > conference, I was told there wasn't any and further"...I don't do
> > AS/400..."   Frankly, it was safer for me to just walk away.
> >
> > SO, is it any wonder that people here don't think of iSeries as
> > contemporary technology?  Is it any wonder that people here are very eager
> > to buy Dell and HP Servers?
> >
> > Has ANYONE in Somers reviewed the current sales/marketing model (beyond
> > radio/TV/Print spots) and seen where it REALLY NEEDS to be improved?
> >
> > No, you may not book alot of sales at a FOSE type event, BUT you do
> > get/keep market recognition...something that OS/400 has very little of
> > anymore.
> >
> > Is it really any wonder why in our User Group meeting this week I was once
> > again deluged by people lamenting how hard it is to find work on a
> > AS400/iSeries/i5/(insert name here) ???
> >
> > I don't give a damn if you call me a cormudgeon or not!  I'm in the
> > trenches here and I'm getting lots of calls for help from folks that are
> > seriousely looking for work....and there's REAL REASONS why there is
> > none...  Starting with "...I don't do AS/400...."  and the current sales
> > models.
> >
> > Don in DC
> >
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