Re: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

A little math and a chart should help.
http://ibmsystemsmag.blogs.com/.a/6a00d83545a5d153ef017d3e69e00c970c-pi

2008. IBM i introduced
2012. Now
2026. Year on chart with IBM i support listed

Number of years IBM i has been around: 4
Number of years IBM i support is on chart: 18
Number of years from now until then: 14

Based on Ian Jarman's discussion at the 2011 COMMON Annual Conference, IBM
chose IBM i for the long term. It seems like that is proving to be true.


On 12/12/12 1:15 PM, "Winchester Terry" <terry.winchester@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Sure, I heard about the "tweet" traffic and the various
> new sites regarding the next X number of releases but
> I couldn't find where IBM stated that the "branding"
> would be retained for 14 years.
>
> Maybe I'm splitting hairs...
>
> Terry
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> > Porterfield, Sean
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:52 PM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: RE: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant
> >
> > http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/201212/msg00228.html
> > --
> > Sean Porterfield
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Winchester Terry
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:40
> > To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> > Subject: RE: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant
> >
> >
> > Do you have a link to the 14 year claim?
> >
> > Terry
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Trevor Perry
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 12:11 PM
> > > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > > Subject: Re: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant
> > >
> > > Looks like I have to repeat myself.
> > >
> > > The smaller number of IBM i searches is because we have not yet
> > > started writing IBM i on the web wholesale. Once we get off our
> > > complaints and actually promote the platform branding that we will
> > > have for at least another 14 years, then the complaint becomes moot.
> > > Catch 22 is so difficult when everyone is making excuses,
> > rather than
> > > talking about how good IBM i on Power really can be.