This is a real Dell employee.
IBM should do the same kind of thing to make itself stand out from the rest
of the pack. It wouldn't hurt them to have somebody show up a couple times a
year. Of course, if they eliminated the BP program altogether, they wouldn't
have to share their margins on the hardware and software.
All of those BP's could reallocate their people back to writing usable
application software.
Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Cunningham
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:05 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: i For Business Sticker
Microsoft employee - Never - no visits, no calls, no emails
Microsoft partner - Never - no visits, no calls, no emails
IBM partner - every few months, more often if we need him
IBM employee - contacted quarterly by email or phone just to ask if we need
anything
Dell employee - once a year
Dell partner - Didn't have one until 6 months ago, is now the same as the
IBM partner (Sirius)
Cisco employee - once or twice a year
Cisco partner - same as the IBM partner (Sirius)
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Nelson
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:54 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: i For Business Sticker
One of my clients has a Dell rep stop by monthly.
Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:05 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: i For Business Sticker
The problem is that people are asking the hardware to be priced like intel
and the software to be priced like Microsoft (or even Linux). That cuts
margins significantly. How often do you have Intel or Microsoft reps stop
by?
Rob Berendt
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From: "Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'"
<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Date: 01/03/2013 09:19 AM
Subject: RE: i For Business Sticker
Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
How about some real IBM marketing reps actually making visits to customer
sites?
Paul Nelson
Cell 708-670-6978
Office 512-392-2577
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 8:16 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: i For Business Sticker
Bosses! Bah humbug.
How do we universally let management and business know that Power Systems
is the best business platform and IBM i is the right choice of OS to run
our old AS/400 programs while moving us into the future?
Maybe a sticker on his monitor? Shall I send another?
On 1/3/13 9:07 AM, "Buzz Fenner" <bfenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks for the stickers, Trevor. Sadly, when I showed one to my boss he
asked, "What is that?"
However, he did let me place one on the window of our computer room.
Buzz Fenner
Business Systems Analyst/Systems Administrator
City Water & Light
870.930.3374 | 870.219.5229
bfenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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