Re: WDSC Futures

There have been a number of complaints about topics that really have
nothing to do with technical one to one or many to one support, to say
nothing of the traveling itinerary discussion. It's a pain to have to
continually read all the crap that has nothing to do with getting our
jobs done in the most productive and efficient way possible. All it does
is waste 100's if not 1000's of people's time. So, I would like to
strongly concur with the following comment:

"Stop complaining to this list." 

Please.

Dave

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On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 6:10 PM
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Subject: [WDSCI-L] WDSC Futures

Having heard George Farr's comments at the RPG and DB2 Summit and had an
opportunity to talk to him on the topic I'd like to add a couple of
comments/statements of fact to the mix and then make a suggestion.  

1) IBM is NOT one company.  The money made by the System i division for
harware and OS sales has no direct correlation with the revenue from
software sales.

2) WDSC etc. now comes from Rational (part of Software Group?)

3) Rational's background is BIG $ mainframe level tools.  They regularly
deal with customers who pay $250,000 or more for a compiler.  To them a
$4,000 workbench looks like a bargain.

4) i5 users pay a premium price for all of their hardware - they expect
to get their tools for nothing (or as close to nothing as possible).

5) George Farr's team is paid for by Rational - Rational want revenue -
they see zero dollars from the premium price of i5 hardware.

My suggestion is simple.  Stop complaining to this list, George Farr, or
Rational, or Rochester.  

START complaining to Sam Palmisano.  He is the only person who can
resolve this because this is a structural problem within IBM and has
been for years.
The drop in the price of i5 hardware (despite the premium) to near
commodity levels has simply exacerbated a long standing problem.

Only Sam can fix this because the Software folks and the System i folks
are operating in different universes.  The fact that you pay a premium
for your
i5 hardware does not add a single cent to Rational's bottom line - and
they are effectively a separate company.  

This is Sam's problem - tell him - George can't fix it and neither can
Mark Shearer (although he has a better chance than George).



Jon Paris
Partner400

www.Partner400.com

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