Re: IBM Cancels AS/400 Specific Advertising

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Al,

In a message dated 6/8/99 3:28:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time, barsa2@ibm.net 
writes:

> I have it on good authority that IBM has decided to cancel the specific
>  AS/400 advertising, and replace it with "Server Brand Advertising" designed
>  to push Netfinity and RS/6000.  The new ads will have the same handwritten
>  look and feel as the AS/400 specific ads had.
>  
>  Whoever made this decision would seem to have an IQ so low that when you
>  square it, you get a lower number.

WHAAAAATTTTTT???!!!  NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!  I thought that Jarosh couldn't attend 
SF Common because he was off arguing for more AS/400 cash.  If true, the 
result of your given equation would be a black hole that sucks all 
intelligent life off the face of the planet, sends the heretofore 
"bulletproof" US stock market into a tailspin, and leaves the idiots that are 
left wondering what happened to their 401(k) and if they were possibly wrong 
about Bill Clinton.

Nobody understands what the hell NetFinity is, the RS/6000 is the only reason 
that IBM's midrange customer satisfaction rating isn't any higher than it is, 
and nobody that wants UNIX wants AIX.  Are they intentionally trying to make 
IBM stock desirable again?  What can we do to fix this, Al?

Hoping Against Hope,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"BPCS -- Better Programs Coming Soon" -- Anonymous
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