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Typical response... IT is all about the proper application of technology to solve business needs, not technology for technology's sake. CIOs (and managers) who fail to understand that will fail. period. dan -----Original Message----- So management returns from one of these events all pumped up with visions of fancy new hardware and fancy new software or technology then turns and looks to see a blakc and green screen with a blinking cursor. It doesn't matter what the screen does, what does is that it's not "high tech" and I think at least in my shop, this is part of the problem. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Skvarenina" <mskvarenina@usa.net> To: <web400@midrange.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 12:05 PM Subject: Re: [WEB400] Beyond RPG CGI > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > -- > [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ] > Very well said Nathan. I too am a fanatic of the iSeries and OS/400. And speaking of the iSeries being the "secret weapon", I wrote an email to Lou Gerstner several months ago calling the iSeries IBMs "Hidden secret". This is what I wrote: > > Lou, please before you retire, take a serious look at the iSeries line. As you know it's very successful and makes alot of money for IBM but the > competition is fierce and quickly gaining ground. > > I've been working on the S/38-->AS/400-->iSeries line for 20 years now and have watched it's rise and fall. The problem isn't the iSeries....it can meet just about any computing need...the problem is lack of marketing. iSeries revenue is due totally to few software vendors that still have products running on the iSeries, and by customers like myself who spent $XXX,XXXX on a new box just last year. I can tell you next time around, it won't be the iSeries I'll be looking at if it continues to lose market share because I'll be afraid that a)I can't find qualified developers for the box, and b)IBM may pull the plug on supporting the box due to low revenue. > > Lou....this really is, or can be your cash cow. Let's unveil IBM's hidden secret! > > > Within days I heard from Buell Duncan (iSeries General Manager for those who don't know him) and we ended up in communication for quite some time over my situation. Buell offered help including an inviation to Rochester for my management and I to discuss iSeries futures and directions. (We didn't go...yet) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@relational-data.com> > To: <web400@midrange.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 11:35 AM > Subject: Re: [WEB400] Beyond RPG CGI > > > > Well, at least you've made the premise of your question more clear. You > > might try posting to a Unix forum. You might find opinions similar to those > > of your "management". As long as I've monitored these midrange.com forums, > > I've sensed that the majority of contributors, including me, are nearly > > fanatical about the iSeries and OS/400. We think it's a secret weapon! We > > wish more people, including more people within IBM, understood what a > > treasure this platform is. > > > > Good luck on your quest for "main stream". > > > > > > Nathan M. Andelin > > www.relational-data.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This is the Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries (WEB400) mailing list > > To post a message email: WEB400@midrange.com > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/web400 > > or email: WEB400-request@midrange.com > > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > > at http://archive.midrange.com/web400. > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries (WEB400) mailing list > To post a message email: WEB400@midrange.com > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/web400 > or email: WEB400-request@midrange.com > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/web400. > _______________________________________________ This is the Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries (WEB400) mailing list To post a message email: WEB400@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/web400 or email: WEB400-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/web400.
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