Hey IBM ... Change the Channel!

["William A. Hansen" <whansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Amen!

We are an IBM partner in development, but we are apparently too small to be 
allowed to sell hardware.  The newest version of our System i training software 
uses AJAX techniques to access Java server code.  The software includes not 
only our course delivery code, but also a basic Learning Management System to 
control and track which courses each student takes.  The student data is kept 
in a SQL database.

This is a perfect application for a small system (or partition) running i5/OS, 
DB2, and WebSphere Application Server.

We'd love to sell our training solution pre-installed on a new  515.  Or sell a 
515 along with our software.  The customer would get 110 System i courses in a 
box that would simple plug into their network, all for less than $20K.  
Unfortunately, the only comment I've gotten from IBM was a recommendation to 
prepackage our product with Linux, Tomcat, and MySql for delivery on a PC.  We 
are seriously considering this, but it just doesn't seem right for a System i 
vendor to require Linux.  
William A. Hansen
Manta Technologies Inc.
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