On 13Jul23:1317-0700, Phil Smith wrote: > Martin Truebner wrote:
> >anyone able to attend? > > I was on for 30 minutes; content-free to that > point. I hadn't counted on them FORCING me to use a > PC, was planning to listen while driving to another > meeting. But since there WAS no content to that point, > I didn't feel too badly bailing. > > All I heard was "We kan haz compooters"-existing > z customers saying "z is good". Like, that's not an > announcement, and I can't imagine very many anti-z > folks bothering to listen to it in the first place. I'm > told "It's not for techies, it's for executives", > but execs don't seem likely to have even signed up, > unless they're already in the fold, so I don't know > what IBM is thinking?! > > I also liked how the invite had > a link for "technical support" -- > http://engage.vevent.com/microsite/ext/configMail.html?eid=556&lc=en&cc=US > > That kind of contradicts the "for executives" theory: > I can't figure out what I'm supposed to do there; > a non-techie sure won't! I must heartily concur, Sir Philip. I DID stay for the end hoping for answers to questions worth asking. If any were submitted they certainly were not cherry-picked. The entire experience did nothing to enhance the image of the median executive in my mind and I have to conclude IBM has a similar view of what approaches are indicated to reach non-Z-aware decision-makers. Who knows what portion of the 1000+ attendees fall into that group and if IBM alienated any decision-makers in the process? My Q&D perusal showed well over half were affiliated with IBM and Z BPs. Sigh. -- <not cent from sell> May the LORD God bless you exceedingly abundantly! Dave_Craig______________________________________________ "So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." __--from_Nightfall_by_Asimov/Silverberg_________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
