Re: eServer iSeries or i5?

Keying error.

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

400>390

"i" comes before "p", "x" and "z"
e gads

Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor!

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At 12:55 PM 3/22/2005, Al Barsa wrote:

>The decision to rename the iSeries as the i5 was done in haste.  The
>decision was made less than one month prior to GA.  It's rumored (and I
>have NOT verified) that IBM has trademarks on i6, i7, l8 and i9.  Don't
ask
>me, I just work here, on the best system in the world.
>
>Al
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>Al Barsa, Jr.
>Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
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>400>390
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>"i" comes before "p", "x" and "z"
>e gads
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>Our system's had more names than Elizabeth Taylor!
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>914-251-1234
>914-251-9406 fax
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>http://www.barsaconsulting.com
>http://www.taatool.com
>http://www.as400connection.com
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>OK, I didn't attend common, but I'm reading my copy of Insider Weekly
>and I see some Q&As from the Town Hall meeting. So,
>
>Q: How do we educate about name change, everyone calls it an AS/400.
>A: "... iSeries is the name, so correct everyone..." -- Peter Bingaman,
>VP Marketing, IBM Somers
>
>Hmmmm, but I thought the new new name was i5, so off to ibm.com/iseries
>I go and the top of the page says "Midrange Servers: iSeries", but the
>title of the page says "IBM Midrange Servers - eServer i5 and iSeries",
>the Featured topics section starts "IBM eServer iSeries is a
>premier...", but the green "Consolidation without disruption" case study
>above that section says "IBM eServer i5 helps..."
>
>So, what IS the name of the box? Are there two boxes? Peter seems to be
>rather sure that it's an iSeries, but I'm not sure the rest of IBM is
>under the same opinion.
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>-Walden
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