Re: Iseries Education and marketing

They are totally correct about the age of experienced Iseries workers,
however, the opportunity exists for a programmer, say a VB person, to
learn RPG on the job.

More than once, I have seen a PC programmer we were working in express
interest in learning RPG.

  Guys,
>
>   I just had a conversation with my supervisor for about an hour regarding
> the future of the
> Iseries with our company. One of the sticking points that upper management
> is using (to justify
> phasing the platform out) is the "greying" of the Iseries workforce. There
> has been discussions
> about this on this board but, I thought I would just throw this in as just
> more fodder.
> Amazingly, they all agree on  what a great platform it is. They can't
> complain about its cost.
> But, I guess any reason is as good as another.   I really think if IBM
> wants to insure the
> survival of this platform they will consider dropping some freebie systems
> off at some colleges
> (give aways are great for marketing. Just ask Microsoft). They need to do
> more marketing to show
> that they are educating a new line of developers (not just in Asia) but,
> here where there will be
> exposure.  Otherwise, the perceptions of the MBA's of the future will
> always be tainted against
> the platform.
>
>  Anyway, just my two cents.
>
>  Vance
>
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