Re: IBM investment in i

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.
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>> 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:
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>> >> 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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