Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

I think you are missing the point of my site/s...

Angus (www.angustheitchap.com) is an opinion site - dedicated to espousing 
opinion and offering suggestions to IBM for marketing, etc. Not planned as 
viral - if that happens, nice.

System i for everyone (www.i4everyone.com) is closer to being a viral 
advertising site - it collects video, images, podcasts and other collateral 
from everyone who will submit.

iBitsandPieces (www.ibitsandpieces.com) is a place where other ~stuff~ is 
stored - mostly System i related - that I have been able to collect from 
various places.

All of these can help people know the System i exists - and THEN we can 
baffle them with the facts. But, we have to start making noise somewhere.

Trevor

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch


> This is where we start to diverge.  I don't think Trevor's site really
> espouses the same concepts you do below.  I think Angus is a viral
> advertising site, attempting to win mindshare through gimmickry -- this is 
> a
> very common technique, I grant you, but I'm not sure it applies in the
> server world.  I respect Trevor's efforts, but I'm not yet a convert to 
> the
> concept of viral advertising for the iSeries.  I think it's because I get
> the idea that viral advertising is an implicit concession to the idea that
> FACTS can't sell the box.