RE: Where can I find a list of current IBM i companies?

["Paul Nelson" <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ya gotta put it in terms they can understand.  :-))

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Subject: Re: Where can I find a list of current IBM i companies?

I love this! Very funny.

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On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You're a bank? Tell them that Bank of America is an IBM i shop.
>
> Who picks up their garbage? Both Waste Management and Republic Services
are
> IBM i shops.
>
> Are they outdoorsmen? How about Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops and REI?
>
> Do they eat food? Many of the trucking companies are IBM i shops.
>
> Do they drive on highways? Every Caterpillar dealer in the world has an
IBM
> i.
>
> When they go home at night, do they possibly sit on pieces Ethan Allen or
> Ashley furniture? Yup. They're IBM i shops.
>
> Are they possibly yuppies or hipsters? Do they wear Ralph Lauren, Urban
> Outfitters, Abercrombie & Fitch? If they're old guys like me, how about
> Nordstrom? All IBM i shops.
>
> How about construction companies? Have they ever heard of little ones like
> Parsons in Boston? I think Parsons built much of the big dig in Boston.
> Skanska USA in New York? They built the underground structures holding up
> the new WTC. Manhattan in Tulsa? They built the Dallas Cowboys stadium and
> the new visitor center at the US Capitol, just to name a couple. Veco in
> Anchorage? They've surely heard of the Exxon oil spill.
>
> Do they live in a house? Many of the homebuilders in this country are IBM
i
> shops.
>
> Do their wives shop at Target? Dollar Tree? Both are IBM i shops.
>
> When they go to New York, do they visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
You
> guessed it.
>
> Do they have leather seats in their cars? That leather came from an IBM i
> shop.
>
> And so , and so on.
>
> Paul Nelson