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They most definitely showed the "i" am the man ad from: http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/resources/videos_ads.html But I think you are right Don. It does little good to position the iSeries as a Wintel Consolidation server. We need to focus on the things that make iSeries better than the competition, not the things that work the same, or nearly as well. That just makes us look like a Hyundai. IMHO the major differences between the iSeries and the competition are: We don't need 1 admin person for every 2.3 servers. No DBA, et al. Our "staff" size is dependant on our business needs, not the needs of our self-propagating server farms. D/R isn't a question, it's an assurance. No processor cycles wasted on anti-virus, no downtime due to viruses and no manual or automated anti-virus updates to fail. The iSeries can get your business "Back to business." I still say that IBM needs to roll out the laughing boardroom commercials to the public. I know that 1.5 to 2 minutes is a lot to ask from a commercial viewer, but I think that the impact of showing all three in the same game would floor people. I'm pretty sure that IBM had more than 6 minutes of commercial time in this week's game. Regards, Scott Ingvaldson iSeries System Administrator GuideOne Insurance Group -----Original Message----- date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:19:21 -0500 (EST) from: dr2@xxxxxxxx subject: IBM Advert during Steelers/Broncho's game... Well...inside the 2 minute warning...GREAT placement for an ad..I thought it was a iSeries ad...looked just like all those ads we only see at COMMON...had the room full of obviousely WinTel servers and all the people with their usual laments about how the servers were taking over and how they needed to buy more servers....and then the guy comes in and tells them that they're consolidating servers...this looked just like the iSeries advert....but at the end the announcer and logo say: IBM xSeries servers. Intel/Windows wins again. Looks like IBM's taking the same ad format and cloning it for i/p/x. More product line blurring. Just what we really need when people still don't know what "i" can really do for them....they get another dose of Gates. At least the Steelers were impressive! Don in DC DISCLAIMER: This message and accompanying documents are covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. ?? 2510-2521, and contains information intended for the specified individual(s) only. This information is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or the taking of any action based on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.
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