It is an old, proven marketing ploy. Humans are programmed to respond to any thing 'new'. In ancient times, it could be food for you, or something that wants to make food of you. Either way, it was a life or death situation.
MS has made gazillions of dollars exploiting that trait. Consider also that we tend to bash IBM marketing for not 'getting it'. Well, perhaps the still don't get 'it', but they are getting even :-) My $0.02 (before taxes) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark Morris Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 8:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Confusing hardware platform configurations was Re: cpuids On 28 Feb 2007 14:13:31 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >>A 2094-S18 could be many different models. > >Just like MIPS and MSUs, IBM is confusing the issue, rather than helping us. > >If we, as mainframe experts, can't keep things straight, how can we expect our management to? > >No wonder they want to move off! If they move off because of confusing hardware configurations, what platform is going to be any less confusing? The Wintel platform certainly has enough CPU variants to keep me confused and I doubt the Unix platforms are much better. > >- >Too busy driving to stop for gas! > NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
