Re: George Farrdeclaresfeaturespecificpricingonhorizonfor WDSC

That's just it....the system I doesn't NEED that much in way of
services.  Compared to any other enterprise class machine the iSeries
just doesn't require as much attention.  It's like a tank...it's darn
hard to kill it.  IMO that's one reason IBM DOESN'T market the iSeries
as much as other machines.  If all there customers move to the iSeries
their service revenue will dry up in no time.  Why market something that
can kill major income?  But I digress...i'd love to see the iSeries
family marketed and the WDSC really BE free to developers.  A lot more
folks would look at the iSeries than ever before.  Heck most college
classes don't even mention the iSeries (or whatever you wanna call it
these days).  If the newer developers haven't even heard of it how can
you recruit them?  Without new blood, it's hard to keep things moving.
I still have plenty of years doing this job & I plan to be doing RPG the
whole way thru to retirement.  But I hope to see the iSeries community
grow...not die.  Until IBM gets on-board with a REAL merketing plan it's
gonna be a long, hard road ahead... 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


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On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 1:06 PM
To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] George
Farrdeclaresfeaturespecificpricingonhorizonfor WDSC

Of course, the assumption here is that IBM wants to increase System i
sales. I believe IBM wants to increase System i profit and revenue,
but are System i sales the most important thing for IBM? Where are the
services for System i sales?

If IBM would think outside the box a bit here they could solve not

only

this new thorny issue of WDSc pricing but solve the larger issue of

why

System i sales are not meeting expectations.