Anton, don't you think you are unfair ? Just a little ? Do you honestly think System z technology compared to other is like comparing F-22 to Ford Model T ? Or did you even mean all IBM servers ? Do you think all IBM customers are unknowing/naive ? Or all mainframe customers being unknowing/naive ? And unfortunately I don't know any customer who feels proud to give any money to IBM (or any other company). They want to save as much as possible. But I see TCO studies that show how System z is competitive and how customers can save money running on z instead of distributed. Of course there is no one size fits all. And yes, I work for IBM.
Marian Gasparovic IBM Slovakia On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Anton Britz <antonbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Timothy, > > IBM's claim to fame is all about manipulating their prices when the customer > has no other option.. > If you read the book about IBM and their Business plan then you will see > that it's all about : > > "Trying to get as much money from UNKNOWING/NAIVE customers and making them > feel proud to give so much money to IBM" > > Summary: > > You claim in your posting that it's not about Wall street accounting but > more about the quality of their new products. > Have you ever been to the IBM labs in Austin, TX ? They only have old > products in there.... and that is what they proudly show you... as if they > are selling to people that do not know what technology is all about. > > Note: Not sure that you can compare/mention Apple's innovativeness to IBM"S > for the last 10 years. > It is like somebody comparing a F-22 Raptor to a Ford Model T .. but then > again, people might still be buying Ford Model T's in Singapore. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-22_Raptor > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T > > On 4/22/2010 10:18 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: >> >> #26: IBM hasn't figured out how to run software without hardware yet. Or >> vice versa. >> >> Despite Wall Street accounting, from a technical point of view there's >> increasing blurring between software and hardware, for a variety of very >> sensible reasons. (Is an Apple iPhone software or hardware? Yes. Is the >> IBM >> Smart Analytics System 9600 software or hardware? Yes.) I see every >> indication that trend will continue. >> >> Speaking only for myself, per usual. >> >> - - - - - >> Timothy Sipples >> Resident Architect (Based in Singapore) >> STG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team >> IBM Growth Markets >> E-Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com >> Phone: +1 603 472 4234 or +65 9232 2015 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >> Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html >> >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
