Re: iSeries revenue plummets

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

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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> 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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