Re: CD-R & DVD-R for the iSeries and Office Vision, 2 seperate questions

["Brad Jensen" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is your gear covered by IBM maintenance?  May be a hassle and/or
expensive
> to get, but that always increased my comfort level with 3rd
party products.


I'm thinking about having the PC be an IBM PC, would that make you
guys happier than say a DELL or HP?

Normally we have ours custom built be a local expert shop, we do
that because we offer swapout maintenance, and the 'brand'names
don't hold up[ as well. ( we don't use the cheap ....)

> Time to market is key, because as soon as you get even a whiff
of success,
> IBM'll come out with a product, and there goes your margins...
(Most shops,
> in my experience, will prefer to pay "x" dollars more to get an
IBM
> product.)

January is my plan for betas, possibly sooner.

> Finally, back to the subject of multi-volume processing, if
you're a member
> of PWD (I've lapsed), you can get more info on LIPI's here,
under first
> heading, "General Resources":
> http://www.as400.ibm.com/developer/resource.html.

I never know what kind of IBM partner I am, they always change the
plans right about the time I figure them out. I know I get PWD
mailings all the time, and I joined at one point.