RE: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant

Fine...I will print your e-mail and put a copy into my safe
then pull it out 14 years from now and check it again ;-)

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 1:47 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant

A little math and a chart should help.
http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83545a5d153ef017d3e69e0
0c970c-pi

2008. IBM i introduced
2012. Now
2026. Year on chart with IBM i support listed

Number of years IBM i has been around: 4
Number of years IBM i support is on chart: 18
Number of years from now until then: 14

Based on Ian Jarman's discussion at the 2011 COMMON Annual
Conference, IBM
chose IBM i for the long term. It seems like that is proving
to be true.


On 12/12/12 1:15 PM, "Winchester Terry"
<terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Sure, I heard about the "tweet" traffic and the various
new sites regarding the next X number of releases but
I couldn't find where IBM stated that the "branding"
would be retained for 14 years.

Maybe I'm splitting hairs...

Terry

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http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201212/msg00228.html
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Sean Porterfield


-----Original Message-----
From: Winchester Terry
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:40
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant


Do you have a link to the 14 year claim?

Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor Perry
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:11 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant

Looks like I have to repeat myself.

The smaller number of IBM i searches is because we have not yet
started writing IBM i on the web wholesale. Once we get off our
complaints and actually promote the platform branding

that we will

have for at least another 14 years, then the complaint

becomes moot.

Catch 22 is so difficult when everyone is making excuses,

rather than

talking about how good IBM i on Power really can be.

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