RE: System i - Mentioned twice in SD Times

Trevor wrote:

I care about the platform.

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Trevor, I don't think there's any doubt in anyone's mind that you do.
Certainly not in mine.

What amazes alot of us, is the need to befuddle the industry by changing the
names every 2 or so years for whatever wild hair whim that comes out of.....
:)

ANYONE with a solid and successful history of a product that's been in the
marketplace for the intermediate to long term, will tell you, without fail,
that stable product recognition is one of THE key elements to the success of
a product. IBM has insisted on shooting this product in the foot via their
naming wild hairs... What if Ford changed the name of the Mustang every
couple years...maybe this year it should be called 'The Wildebeastie' Or
maybe the Crown Victoria should become the Fergie?...think people would be
as loyal? Perhaps Aunt Jemima should now be Cousin Jen? Log Cabin syrup
should be Old Joe's brown sugar sauce.... Want a long list of similar
examples? Maybe Oracle should chance its database product's name to, oh,
maybe, Delphi?

I submit, there are basically 5 big reasons why this product line doesn't
have the marketplace acceptance that it's peers from MS, Sun, Red Hat...etc
do: 1 - Name changes too frequent. 2-Condemning the end user to the
channel. 3-Lack of historical patrol of the channel and
BP's/MAP's/VAR's/etc. 4-Lack of presence in the education realm. 5-Lack of
serious marketing presence.

Combined, these 5 items are making the existence and promotion of this
system very challenging.

And we all wish it weren't so...trust me...

Viva i-Power...or whatever.... :)

Don in DC