Re: iSeries revenue plummets

While I'm a System i fanboy, it's difficult to see why new customers
would choose the System i. I didn't think that was true a few years
ago, but other OS's (UNIX/Windows) have become stronger and more
reliable. Plus, other OS's have new software being developed for them.
I don't think the number of competitive reinstalls from Brand X to
System i is very large - I'd be interested to know that number. PHP
and MySQL are good technologies that could make the System i a
platform of choice, but I think the cost seems prohibitive to
potential new customers.

I think the System i is the best business system on the market, but
the market continues to move in a different direction.

On Nov 20, 2007 8:00 AM, Aaron Bartell <albartell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

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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??


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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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