Re: CISC to RISC Circa 2006 (was RE: V5R4 upgrade from V5R3)

   Especially since a lot of those small accounts are now owned and operated
   by the children of the founders. Guesss which platform they were weaned
   on.
   -- 

   Paul Nelson
   Arbor Solutions, Inc.
   708-670-6978  Cell
   pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
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     From: Pat Barber <mboceanside@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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     Date: 11/01/2006 10:56AM
     Subject: Re: CISC to RISC Circa 2006 (was RE: V5R4 upgrade from V5R3)

     I doubt 1,000 is even close. I run across some very old
     boxes that have no support, no maintenance, and no IBM
     support of any kind.

     Imagine one of these customers calling 1-800-IBM-4YOU
     and getting some "help" ?

     The current BP program is not geared toward the small
     business installs. They could care less for an account
     that spends a max of $20,000.

     That attitude now explains the total lack of boxes
     being seen any more. When the small accounts were thrown
     to the wind, that destroyed the future pipeline.

     The larger accounts will eventually be the only boxes left.

     pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

          At COMMON in MSP last spring, I bet Mark Shearer $1000 that I
     could come
     >    up with 1000 systems like this, where they either don't know how to
     get
     >    current, or don't want a BP to come in. A lot of these places have
     a long
     >    time contract programmer who does things for them from time to
     time. Those
     >    programmers fear that the BP will start whispering in the
     customer's ear,
     >    and before you know it, Joe Programmer is history.
     >    All these folks want is a number to call at IBM to get some help.

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