Anne,
I think I said number under service wasn't THE best indicator, but frankly,
it's A LOT A LOT A LOT better than the "number shipped since...." which
includes everything, with no tracking for replacements, discards, etc... In
effect, using that IBM number, if you bought a white box, upgraded to a
black box then bought a (system name du jour), in effect that's three
boxes...for one site...2 of which have been discarded....so the number would
be overstated by, uh, 200%... :)
And, we won't even begin to go into some of the games that "business
partners" have played over the years to keep their numbers up... :) :) :)
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mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Anne Lucas
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 3:49 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: AS400/iSeries/System i Install Base
Actually, Don, systems under service is misleading as thousands of
customers with older model systems do not have them under maintenance
and yet they run their business daily on System/36, early AS/400
models....they just keep on working!!
The last number I heard several years ago is most likely not accurate
today. IBM marketing does have a total shipped since S/3x days and
number under service.
.....Anne
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