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Booth,valid point, but, look at the big picture of where the paths the decision makers are on.
I only know of two major CEOs that came up the ranks from IT... My comment goes to conditioning. Don in DC At 02:40 PM 1/18/2006 -0600, you wrote:
On the other hand, Don, One does not need a college degree to run an iSeries. Isn't that a strength of the platform? Don wrote: > 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 >> >> -->> This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list>> To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >> visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l >> or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >> at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. >> > > -- ----------------------------------- Booth Martin http://martinvt.com ----------------------------------- -- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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