Flashy-ness sells hardware. Unfortunately it isn't the flashy-ness of the
hardware I am talking about, but instead what a developer sees as the
quickest path to their endpoint. There is a huge increase in the language
and development environment determining what overall system is chosen. That
is why we are seeing so many shops going Microsoft .NET - it is VERY flashy
despite it's fragile nature. Sure, they are catching up, but they are
merely trying to get to what IBM has had for years.
The System i5 can sustain itself pretty well with it's existing customer
base, but as for new customers I am not so sure. What would be somebody's
reason for becoming a new System i5 customer? I'd guess nobody would choose
RPG as their "new" language moving forward. PHP and MySQL on the machine,
with all the new virtualization stuff included, might make some people jump
on the box.
Thoughts?
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
fbocch2595@xxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:51 AM
To: midrange-nontech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: iSeries revenue plummets
What are the aspects of the iSeries that make it the best business machine??
Are those things enough to keep companies buying it in numbers that will
keep the platform alive??
-----Original Message-----
From: Abacusflorida@xxxxxxx
To: midrange-nontech@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:45 pm
Subject: Re: iSeries revenue plummets
Sad to say - They deserve to plummet.
When is the last time you saw any advertising outside of a technical
communication about the I-series (as/400)? TV, Super bowl, non-I-series
magazine.
I have I-series clients that receive no mail, calls, or anything about
I-series. I personally think that the switch years ago from IBM sales reps
to
business partners was a cost reduction technique that will ultimately spell
the
death of the I-series. Perhaps they don't have the financial where-with-all
to
mass-market. It's a shame that the "greatest" business computer will be
extinct without someone selling it. IBM sure isn't.
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