True.. and I've seen the original mainframe version many times. But, what I find on YouTube right now (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbn_MUfTG0E) is a version for the IBM virtualization engine and blade center. To my eye, the whole commercial is exactly the same as the original except for the last 20 seconds or so. "They stole our commerical!"..
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Mike Walter <[email protected]> wrote: > Ummmm, the "they stole all our the servers..." IBM TV commercial (google: > IBM television commercial "stole") which eventually focused on a single > box at the back of an empty center data was definitely for an IBM > mainframe. A techie walks in as the manager is being questioned by two > detectives, telling the manager something along the lines of "they were > all replaced by that one box", and IIRC calmly walks off with a cup of > coffee, munching a donut. > > It was a GREAT IBM commercial, a classic for all mainframers. It cheered > us all. But did it actually sell any mainframes? That's the difficult > question that almost all advertising results in. > > Mike Walter > Hewitt Associates > The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. > > > -- Bruce Hayden z/VM and Linux on System z ATS IBM, Endicott, NY
