Re: IBM investment in i

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil,

I don't consider that IBM i running on the same platform as AIX or Linux as
the "mainstreaming" event. What is mainstream is the fact that IBM has
promised that the three OSs will be featured with equal icon representation
in the marketing. Whenever you see AIX, i and Linux together, you are seeing
a strong change in marketing. When Power Systems are 'sold', the three icons
will be represented together. IBM reps are going to have to answer the
question "what is this i for business?". Prospects are going to wonder why
you use "i for business" and not AIX or Linux.

However you look at it, we have always complained that we were the
stepchild. Now we are in the family portraits. And people are going to be
talking about IBM i like they have not done in a long time. What an
opportunity we have to take our "platform" into the future.

C'mon irene!

Trevor

On 5/7/08 11:11 PM, "Neil Palmer" <neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Trevor,
>
> Just playing devils advocate here, because I KNOW you
> are dedicated to ________
> (fill in the blank  from the list:)
>    AS/400
>    eServer iSeries
>    iSeries
>    eServer i5
>    System i5
>    System i
>    i 
>    irene
>
> and I really DO appreciate/envy your enthusiasm.
>
> But (apart from the fact i5/OS, AIX & Linux have been
> running on the same hardware for years) if one could
> say IBM has brought "i" to the mainstream because it
> now runs on the same hardware platform as AIX & Linux,
> could one not also say IBM brought OS/2 to the
> mainstream because it ran on the same hardware
> platform as Windows?
>
> ;-)
>
>
> ...Neil