Re: IBM investment in i

[Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

forget the pedigree angle.  you'll just end up with more of the same crap. 
 spin it as well "the new OS supports existing OS/400 and i5/OS 
applications"

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



From:
"Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
To:
"Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
05/07/2008 12:09 PM
Subject:
Re: IBM investment in i



That's a good idea Tommy...when you're talking with those kind of
folks. Of course, you want to mention that its pedigree is OS/400 when
you're talking to other folks, especially the ones interested in
backwards compatibility and investment protection.

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:47 PM,  <Tommy.Holden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> M$ has a lock on the *PC* market...not in the business *main* processing
>  market.  that's still where they are gaining a foothold but haven't 
quite
>  made it yet.  so yes, we as a community *AND* IBM *AND* BPs need to
>  promote the OS.  with the new name IBM i, it may even be easier to do 
so.
>  CIOs and CTOs tend to enjoy adding "new" technologies to their
>  infrastructure...just because it's "new" and therefore *must* be
>  innovative and "cool".  So folks let's put on our party hats and 
*DON'T*
>  mention "It's OS/400 (or i5/OS) with a new name" but rather "hey check 
out
>  this new OS...it's called IBM i".
>
>  Thanks,
>  Tommy Holden
>
>
>
>  From:
>  "Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
>  To:
>  "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>  Date:
>  05/07/2008 11:39 AM
>  Subject:
>  Re: IBM investment in i
>
>
>
>  On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:18 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
>  > Recently I read Tom Watson Jr's book about IBM and his dad, T J 
Watson.
>  > IBM became great because T J Watson believed in sales.  Everything he
>  > and therefore IBM did was driven by a desire for sales.  Today's IBM 
is
>  > a far cry from what T J demanded.
>
>  profits are sky high at IBM.  I think they figure that operating
>  systems and run time frameworks are not as profitable as middleware
>  and end user applications.  They also dont want to compete where
>  Microsoft is strongest - operating systems, frameworks, languages.
>
>  -Steve
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