Re: IBM investment in i

[Neil Palmer <neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx>]

Trevor,

Well, I hope you're right.  So far the three amigos
(those little OS icons) aren't exactly staging a major
attack on the marketing front, though I have spotted
them on a few IBM web pages.  Too bad there's an 'I'
in AIX and an "i" in Lunux too.   As long as we aren't
the one destined to be airbrushed out of the family
portrait after a future divorce.  ;-)

Goodnight, Irene

...Neil

--- Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Neil,
>
> I don't consider that IBM i running on the same
> platform as AIX or Linux as
> the "mainstreaming" event. What is mainstream is the
> fact that IBM has
> promised that the three OSs will be featured with
> equal icon representation
> in the marketing. Whenever you see AIX, i and Linux
> together, you are seeing
> a strong change in marketing. When Power Systems are
> 'sold', the three icons
> will be represented together. IBM reps are going to
> have to answer the
> question "what is this i for business?". Prospects
> are going to wonder why
> you use "i for business" and not AIX or Linux.
>
> However you look at it, we have always complained
> that we were the
> stepchild. Now we are in the family portraits. And
> people are going to be
> talking about IBM i like they have not done in a
> long time. What an
> opportunity we have to take our "platform" into the
> future.
>
> C'mon irene!
>
> Trevor
>
> On 5/7/08 11:11 PM, "Neil Palmer"
> <neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Trevor,
> >
> > Just playing devils advocate here, because I KNOW
> you
> > are dedicated to ________
> > (fill in the blank  from the list:)
> >    AS/400
> >    eServer iSeries
> >    iSeries
> >    eServer i5
> >    System i5
> >    System i
> >    i 
> >    irene
> >
> > and I really DO appreciate/envy your enthusiasm.
> >
> > But (apart from the fact i5/OS, AIX & Linux have
> been
> > running on the same hardware for years) if one
> could
> > say IBM has brought "i" to the mainstream because
> it
> > now runs on the same hardware platform as AIX &
> Linux,
> > could one not also say IBM brought OS/2 to the
> > mainstream because it ran on the same hardware
> > platform as Windows?
> >
> > ;-)
> >
> >
> > ...Neil
>
>
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