RE: Iseries Education and marketing

["Eric Graeb" <egraeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was in one of these courses.  For two or three years I think the local
college was able to fill the classes.  There's no demand for the knowledge
here though.  The courses are still on the roster but they haven't been able
to run it for years.
IBM provided the Hardware and Software to run the course at an educational
discount as long as a certain curriculum was loosely followed.


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They'll have snow in hell before IBM follows Microsoft's lead on putting 
product and cirriculum in the schools.
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IBM assists in funding accredited schools for 
software and hardware.  All they have to do is ask!  Yes they have to 
agree to teach some things, but then IBM hands them the curriculum.  I 
have seen it and it is excellent.  They don't even have to develop the 
classes.
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