Re: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries

Someone tell why they think it's cracking.   
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 12:05:18 -0500
Subject: Re: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries


I talked with a couple when I was out in vegas last year...I was hearing 
different from what you heard, but then, I didn't talk to Harrahs and 
they're not the only place on the strip...

yeah, 400's still rule, but the solid foundation for market share is 
showing cracks.



At 10:52 AM 1/17/2006 -0600, you wrote:
>Don,
>
>I hadn't heard that.  Every time I talk with one of the casino guys at
>COMMON things seem stable.  But, then, those are obviously the ones
>still on the iSeries.
>
>
>I know that Harrah's down the road (Memphis) was hiring "AS/400"
>programmers last year.  Just a tad too far for me to drive to consider.
>
>
>         * Jerry C. Adams
>*iSeries Programmer/Analyst
>B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
>voice
>         615.893.8633x152
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>         615.995.1201
>email
>         jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>
>Don wrote:
>
> >What do you think!?   Same story you hear everywhere else.  Same thing we
> >rehash here all the time.  Same thing that IBM choses to ignore.
> >
> >
> >
> >At 08:34 AM 1/17/2006 -0800, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Hi Don,
> >> What is causing the casinos to change?  Has someone developed a superior
> >>product or are there
> >>some snake oil saleman peddling soloutions?
> >>Vance
> >>
> >>--- Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>That is also a trend that is regretably changing.
> >>>
> >>>Don in DC
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>At 09:18 AM 1/17/2006 -0600, you wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I think most of the casinos, period, are on the iSeries.
> >>>>--
> >>>>
> >>>>Paul Nelson
> >>>>Arbor Solutions, Inc.
> >>>>708-670-6978  Cell
> >>>>pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>Subject
> >>>>RE: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>So aren't the American Indian casinos in the continental USA.
> >>>>
> >>>>Jack Derham
> >>>>Direct Systems, Inc.
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>Oddly enough, most of the Native Corporations in Alaska are running
> >>>>iSeries boxes. I wonder why.......  :-))
> >>>>--
> >>>>
> >>>>Paul Nelson
> >>>>Arbor Solutions, Inc.
> >>>>708-670-6978  Cell
> >>>>pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>Subject
> >>>>Re: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>I have a friend that has been in advertising since we graduated from
> >>>>college (30+) and now a CEO-type.  He was, shall we say, disdainful when
> >>>>I was explaining on what system I program: "Never heard of it."
> >>>>Naturally, I had to set him right and, up to a point, succeeded.  But
> >>>>his company has (a farm of?) Windows server(s) and just dumping them for
> >>>>an iSeries even with an on board Windows server is not something he's
> >>>>likely to do.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>IBM has a huge investment in Linux and Java (and, of course, OS/400).
> >>>>Plus these seem to be two of the big things these days in the IT
> >>>>curricula so they're hitting where the grads and "buzz" are these days.
> >>>>I'm not surprised.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>My friend (see above) said I ought to sell iSeries systems, but I think
> >>>>the truth is that we all should.  I was watching a TV show on the Inuit
> >>>>(Eskimos) a few days ago.  Not Nanook of the North; use snowmobiles
> >>>>instead of sleds (at least the part I saw).  Anyway, it made me think of
> >>>>an ad.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>A cultural anthropologist new to the area, apparently, is talking to an
> >>>>Inuit when another Inuit drives by on a dog sled.  "Oh, that's Caleb.
> >>>>Got one hell of a Windows server."  Next minute, the sled topples over.
> >>>>Then another Inuit whizzes by on his snowmobile.  "Oh, that's Joshua.
> >>>>Got an IBM iSeries server.  Runs, Linux, OS/400, AIX and has an on board
> >>>>Windows server."  As Joshua zooms over the hill and out of sight, "You
> >>>>know I've never seen him fall over."
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>                 * Jerry C. Adams
> >>>>*iSeries Programmer/Analyst
> >>>>B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
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> >>>>                 615.893.8633x152
> >>>>fax
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> >>>>                 jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Maybe the "i' now stands for invisible?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Regards, Jerry
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