• The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
Menu
  • The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Why Is [Insert IT Vendor Of Choice] So . . . .

    February 3, 2014 Timothy Prickett Morgan

    Let’s have some fun. I was feeling goofy the other day and as we all often do when we are feeling goofy, I asked Google a direct question. In this case, I didn’t finish the sentence, because I wanted to see what the zeitgeist out there was asking. You can do this by letting Google do the autofill.

    At some point in the near future, we will just have a Watson interface for this and all the fun will be gone. But by that time, I will be living a self-sustaining life on a small farm in the mountains somewhere, or raising chickens and bees in my New York City apartment building.

    So, in the wake of the deal to sell off the X86 server business, I typed this in:

    Y’all are a bit obsessed about your investments in Big Blue, although I do like the idea of people asking Google why IBM is so successful.

    I liked the addition of the word “so” to the Google search autofill, so I tried that next:

    Why is IBM so green? Who looks that up? What about searching for IBM i, which certainly is green. Hmmmm:

    As you can see, Google completely ignores the association between “IBM” and “i” and that, as I have said for a long time, is a problem. What if you put IBM i in quotes, like thus:

    Well, at least Google is well acquainted with IBM i chief architect Steve Will’s blog.

    What about Google itself? What are people asking about the search giant?

    What about Hewlett-Packard?

    It looks like the Internet wants to know the same things about Dell:

    People are asking fewer questions about Red Hat, but you can see the same focus:

    Microsoft gets more questioning by Google, as you can see:

    I think you are all a little fixated on price and performance. And trust me, I know all about how that goes. HA!



                         Post this story to del.icio.us
                   Post this story to Digg
        Post this story to Slashdot

    Share this:

    • Reddit
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Tags:

    Sponsored by
    ARCAD Software

    [Webinar Series] Demystifying DevOps on the IBM i

    Join us for a 3-part “Live” Roundtable webinar series as we demystify DevOps on the IBM i.  We’ll start with discussions on Git and the IBM i and developer tool options.  Next, we will cover Branch Management and Builds. We’ll end with discussions on an Automated DevOps Workflow.  It will be an informative series on modernizing the IBM i development process. Our speakers will address your questions and share their years of experience and best practices.

    Register NOW

    Share this:

    • Reddit
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Admin Alert: Four Ways To Move An IBM i Partition, Part 3 Dropping Soon: IBM’s Big Application Modernization Redbook

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Volume 24, Number 4 -- February 3, 2014
THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY:

Fresche Legacy
Profound Logic Software
Linoma Software
Shield Advanced Solutions
System i Developer

Table of Contents

  • IBM’s X86 Exit Strategy: Arguing The Good And Bad
  • PureSystems Base Busts Through 10,000 Installations
  • Cloud Migration Service Shifts From IBM i To Linux
  • Mad Dog 21/21: Noshing Like Cronus
  • SaaS: Come For The Savings, Stay For The Competitive Advantage
  • Reader Feedback On RPG OA: Open Opportunity And IBM’s Q4
  • Energy Consumption Bites IT Budgets; IBM Responds
  • Why Is [Insert IT Vendor Of Choice] So . . . .
  • Got IBM i Innovation? Get Your Award Application In
  • Power Systems At The Center Of Texas A&M Research

Content archive

  • The Four Hundred
  • Four Hundred Stuff
  • Four Hundred Guru

Recent Posts

  • The IBM i Power10 Upgrade Cycle Forecast Looks Favorable
  • White Hats Completely Dismantle Menu-Based Security
  • Cloud Software To Drive Enterprise Application Growth
  • How Do You Stay In Touch With The IBM i Community?
  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 25, Number 6
  • Security Still Top Concern, IBM i Marketplace Study Says
  • Bob Langieri Shares IBM i Career Trends Outlook for 2023
  • Kisco Brings Native SMS Messaging to IBM i
  • Four Hundred Monitor, February 1
  • 2023 IBM i Predictions, Part 4

Subscribe

To get news from IT Jungle sent to your inbox every week, subscribe to our newsletter.

Pages

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Contributors
  • Four Hundred Monitor
  • IBM i PTF Guide
  • Media Kit
  • Subscribe

Search

Copyright © 2022 IT Jungle

loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.