Re: IBM investment in i

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Have you seen an actual IBM salesman in the wild?  I haven't, not in a 
good many years.  

Michael Ryan wrote:
> Really? What's the difference? Sales of services vs. sales of product,
> but it's sales nonetheless.
>
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   
> > Recently I read Tom Watson Jr's book about IBM and his dad, T J Watson.
> >  IBM became great because T J Watson believed in sales.  Everything he
> >  and therefore IBM did was driven by a desire for sales.  Today's IBM is
> >  a far cry from what T J demanded.
> >
> >
> >
> >  Pat Barber wrote:
> >  > My view is hardly myopic and I was a BP for over 18 years, so I
> >  > do have some knowledge of the market place and who is selling
> >  > what.
> >  >
> >  > I have no complaints and my views are just that...my views.
> >  >
> >  > I could care less that you take offense.
> >  >
> >  > Did you actually read the part about "very few" are selling ?
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > Trevor Perry wrote:
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >> I take offense at the accusation that "nobody is selling the box".
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >> Whatever complaints you have, whatever myopic vision of a glorious green
> >  >> past you have, the world is a better place with IBM bringing IBM i to the
> >  >> mainstream.
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >  >>
> >
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