Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

[GKern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Peter, 

My point was that if MS delivers a new windows version, when people define 
windows we assume they mean one of the later releases. That's simply due 
to MS marketing efforts and it shows. Face it - when you think of windows 
you assume at the least XP, and soon it will mean vista.

When people use AS/400, the perception is of that box that came out in 
1989. 

Since MS is good at promoting the evolution of their product, and IBM 
won't do it for theirs, then we have to pick up the slack to achive the 
same effect. And since a lot of the i community hasn't evolved (meaning 
those who still choose to call it an AS/400), we are perceived by the 
whole (non-i) industry as legacy/proprietary and whatever the box was back 
in 1989.

Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
gkern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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