The original eMail did not say "new" sites. The eMail said annual sales.
I cannot vouch the dollar amount. I beleive that I heard it a few years ago at an IBM U2 product update in NYC perhaps one year after the Informix takeover. We pay a few thousand in yearly maintenance. Yes... I wish that we were in greater demand. --Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of will Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 5:23 PM To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Users of UniVerse If IBM is selling 100 Million in new Universe sites why are we not seeing more demands for Universe Basic Programmers? Will Brutzman, Bill wrote: > Dave: > > We have used UniVerse as our mainstay business system since 1984. > > Our business is stamping metal parts for mostly automobile manufacturers, > like General Motors. > > We have been in business for approx eighty years. > > We have approx 40 people. Our annual sales is approx seven million. > > I have gathered that IBM annual sales of U2 products is $100 million. > > We like UniVerse a lot. We expect to be on UniVerse... forever. > > Regards, > > Bill Brutzman, Mgr, IT > HK MetalCraft Mfg Corp > PO Box 775 > 35 Industrial Road > Lodi NJ 07644 > > 973.471.7770 x145 .voice > 973.471.9666 .fax > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Liesse, Dave > Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 9:29 AM > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: [U2] Users of UniVerse > > > Hi, all. My sales group has a need to convince some prospects that real > companies do, indeed, use UniVerse. Naturally and logically, there are > no references on the IBM web site. I've been tasked with coming up with > the names of a few UniVerse users - no contacts, just companies. If any > of you is willing to let it be known that your employer uses UV, please > respond as soon as possible. Of course, this was a last-minute request, > so I don't have time to go through the normal channels to get reference > lists. Again, I emphasize that we're NOT looking for contact > information, and it's doubtful anyone will even think of trying to get > in touch with you; we're just facing the usual concern that UV is a > minor product at which real companies turn up their noses and sniff > haughtily before they go off and use a real system like SQL Server. > > Dave Liesse > Quality Manager > SS&C Technologies, Inc. > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > > [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/octet-stream which had a name of Brutzman, Bill.vcf] > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
