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Re: Iseries Education and marketing
They'll have snow in hell before IBM follows Microsoft's lead on putting product and cirriculum in the schools.
Also, Presuming it was all in place now, it'd be a full generation of IT'ers before there was a market trend change...that's a long time. 




At 09:17 AM 1/18/2006 -0800, you wrote:

 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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