-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dean Kent Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 2:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PSI MIPS (was: Links to decent 'why the mainframe thrives' article)
<SNIP> Instead, Timothy Sipples suggests (and I paraphrase from his reply to me) "if you don't know, talk to your IBM rep - he'll tell you what you need". Sure, he'll tell me I need a Sun system instead of an IBM system - right? Or perhaps I should go talk to Sun or HP or Dell to find out what best suits my needs. If you care about the platform, you should care about the problem... or so it seems to me. Regards, Dean <SNIP> Or, like a former client of mine, they [IBM z/Series sales reps] will sell them on Siebel, Regatta, etc. to the tune of a few US$, because the Mainframe can't do GUI (I kid you not, not all IBM sales people have been to the Mainframe Top Gun classes, and they revenue on their specialty, not mainframes). Caveat Emptor. Regards, Steve Thompson ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
