RE: News from COMMON?

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

"Do we have anything like COMMON in Europe BTW?"

YES  there is  COMMON in several  locations in Europe and  Australia, 
Asia etal.


At 01:53 AM 9/19/2006, Raby, Steve wrote:
> I totally agree, are IBM ever going to try and market the iSeries 
> properly? I mentioned it to an IBM engineer once (he came to change 
> the battery on the box) and he said "But I see iSeries posters 
> everywhere!"  Yeah just like the "Eat more Meat" campaign where all 
> the butchers had posters in their shops but not many anywhere else.
>
> Do we have anything like COMMON in Europe BTW?
>
> Steve
> Grumpy old Englishman
>
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Namens GDS
> Verzonden: maandag 18 september 2006 20:35
> Aan: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Onderwerp: RE: News from COMMON?
>
>
> If you have to be a common member to signup, then just preaching to the
> choir again. Message will not reach potential converts.
>
> Gregory A. Garner
> Garner Data Systems, Inc.
> 4270 Grand Teton Parkway
> Suwanee, GA 30024
> Phone: 770 845 9636  Fax:770 614 3496
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pete Helgren
> Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 1:44 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: News from COMMON?
>
> I absolutely agree.  The point I was trying to make was that this was an
> "organizational" announcement, not technical and not marketing (at
> least, directly).  The bottom line being if we organize and evangelize
> we'll get more folks looking at System i.
>
> This is very new and I think IBM was still sitting the fence on what
> they think the outcome will be.  I think Common members might be able to
> make a difference but how BIG a difference remains to be seen.  I can't
> recall a computing hardware platform where "guerrilla marketing" or
> viral videos or non-traditional marketing techniques have had a
> noticeable impact on sales.  That *could* be because non-traditional
> methods of marketing may not work for the decision-makers (usually
> conservative, traditional types) in IT arenas.  I don't know for sure.
>
> This will be cool if it works and it has my full emotional support.  My
> "business hat" side isn't so sure.
>
> We'll see.
>
> Pete
>
>
> Don wrote:
> > Pete,
> >
> > I think Trevor and alot of the rest of us see what this CAN become.  And I
>
> > think he's got some interesting ideas on this things future....
> >
> > So, let's see what happens...
> >
> > Don in DC
> >
> > At 09:02 AM 9/18/2006 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >> The link is up and running now.
> >>
> >>  From my perspective, it was a little over hyped, but then Trevor is a
> >> bit over the top anyhow. Generally the announcement was a good thing but
> >> it still need more buy in from the user community (I think).  It was
> >> affirmed by all but I am not sure that it would have be characterized as
> >> "enthusiastically" received.  But, then a user community enhancement,
> >> rather than a hardware and software announcement, is a bit different.  I
> >> am think thinking on it and what the overall impact it will have.
> >>
> >> Gotta, go, PHP on System i workshop is starting....
> >>
> >> Pete Helgren
> >>
> >>
> >> Haase, Justin C. wrote:
> >>
> >>> Doesn't bode well if it's running on an i.  Or is this a neat trick to
> >>> say "See what happens when you run it on Windows?"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Engineer
> >>> IBM Certified Systems Expert - System i
> >>> Kingland Systems Corporation
> >>>
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> >>> Subject: Re: News from COMMON?
> >>>
> >>> The site is down
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