RE: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries -- MIDRANGE-L

Very good story Jerry and so very true. I love to read the list entries
because for all the complaining that we do, the iSeries nation is the only
one that has the ability to complain about so many features because we have
them.  In the 70's we thought the "big iron" was the last word even though
it difficult to use and IBM had created the "System Programmer" bottleneck
and then along came the s/38 and all was well in the village. It's still
good in the village because the iSeries like old dude's, like me, work and
well as the work of the younger users. Like the Doctors and Lawyers, we
practice our work.

Jack Derham
Direct Systems, Inc.

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jerry Adams
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:33 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries

I have a friend that has been in advertising since we graduated from 
college (30+) and now a CEO-type.  He was, shall we say, disdainful when 
I was explaining on what system I program: "Never heard of it."  
Naturally, I had to set him right and, up to a point, succeeded.  But 
his company has (a farm of?) Windows server(s) and just dumping them for 
an iSeries even with an on board Windows server is not something he's 
likely to do.


IBM has a huge investment in Linux and Java (and, of course, OS/400).  
Plus these seem to be two of the big things these days in the IT 
curricula so they're hitting where the grads and "buzz" are these days.  
I'm not surprised.


My friend (see above) said I ought to sell iSeries systems, but I think 
the truth is that we all should.  I was watching a TV show on the Inuit 
(Eskimos) a few days ago.  Not Nanook of the North; use snowmobiles 
instead of sleds (at least the part I saw).  Anyway, it made me think of 
an ad.


A cultural anthropologist new to the area, apparently, is talking to an 
Inuit when another Inuit drives by on a dog sled.  "Oh, that's Caleb.  
Got one hell of a Windows server."  Next minute, the sled topples over.  
Then another Inuit whizzes by on his snowmobile.  "Oh, that's Joshua.  
Got an IBM iSeries server.  Runs, Linux, OS/400, AIX and has an on board 
Windows server."  As Joshua zooms over the hill and out of sight, "You 
know I've never seen him fall over."


        * Jerry C. Adams
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B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
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