RE: iSeries down 18%? Ugh

[Mike.Crump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Actually, that sounds very cool.  Don't get me wrong - I tend to be very
optimistic and I think the things that have been done and are planned to be
done by Mark Shearer, Malcolm, Peter Bingaman, etc. are great.  I think we
have the right people in place to help us fight the battle....but to get a
down number and one of that side is disappointing.  Heck I did my 825-570
upgrade in the fourth quarter.....:-)




                                                                           
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On the flip side of the iSeries being down 18% I can see that IBM is trying
to do something about it.

In the past two months I have been having troubles with my iSeries
timeshare
vendor while trying to test some software I am developing.  I was speaking
with an IBM employee about my woes and they said I should look into their
Virtual Loaner Program (VLP:
http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/enable/site/vlp/).  All I can say is WOW!  It
is basically a program that gives short time frame (two weeks to 4 weeks)
access to high end machines located at IBM.  You are given your very own
machine with root access. You connect with VPN and then use your choice of
5250 emulators (tn5250j) and editors (WDSc 6.0) to do your
testing/development.

The best part it is pretty darn easy to setup and you gain access very
quickly (sometimes less than an hour)! They even give you the ability to
save an image of the entire machine so you can load it on subsequent
reservations!

Some might think this isn't that big of a deal because their company
doesn't
mind if they use their machine to do personal development, but now that I
am
off on my own I don't have that luxury and have had to look to timeshare
machines.

This really does a beautiful job of promoting the iSeries in the area of
making sure developers all developers have access to the resources they
need.

Thoughts?
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com/blog

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