RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

It was a very long read, nice background to it all, although I have to agree it 
didn't say much apart from IBM not selling/promoting the iSeries as it should. 
As for the name, well a rose is a rose by any other name. To me that is not 
important, what is more important is the lack of people, that is one of the 
reasons the guy here gives for wanting to get rid of the iSeries. The artical 
seems to lay the blame at IBM's doorstep in this regard. However it seems to me 
that the AS400/iSeries shops have also done it to themselves, how many adverts 
has anyone seen looking for people who have an aptitude to train them up to the 
iSeries? No, more likely to see "must have at least 2 years experience." I even 
saw one wanting minimum 10 years experience(?) where do they think these people 
come from? I think we/they have done it to themselves, no one is prepared to 
train anyone, or they are scared they will train them and then they will leave. 
That coupled with the users want for all the functions that a PC gives them, 
until the iSeries behaves more like a PC and more shops are prepared to train 
the young people of today then it will continue to die. Just my thoughts

Steve


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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]Namens Neil Palmer
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Onderwerp: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch


Well worth a read:

Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh120406-story03.html
 
Neil Palmer, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
 
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-l.

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