RE: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries

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A rose is a rose by any name!

Jack Derham
Direct Systems, Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Trevor Perry
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:34 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries

It seems like the faithful strike again! Why is there always such a negative

spin on our world? If WE - the supposed faithful - keep demeaning and 
running down the platform - and keep calling it an AS/400, how will there 
ever be progress?

I see it like this. We had NO tv ads, now we do. They took the concept of 
server consolidation from IBM marketing and used it to sell iSeries. Great 
first step! Give them time, and I suspect we shall see more and more iSeries

differentiation. Besides, we only saw Plan B in October at COMMON - does 
everything have to happen in a single quarter?

Remaining a skeptic about the iSeries will mean that outsiders will not want

to migrate here. If we keep the noise positive, then we can help IBM sell 
the concept of iSeries differentiation, and our future will be assured!!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don"
Subject: Re: iSeries ads taken over by xSeries


> The more things change, the more they stay the same.
>
> And we really wonder why user groups have so much problem keeping 
> interests
> going...