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Well, Trevor,One thing I discovered when doing the research for the jobs article...people are still posting the vast majority of thier help wanted ads as jobs on a AS/400. Which is why I tell people to use BOTH AS400 and iSeries when doing a job search.
It's not just us biggots, it's the industry. Gee, ya think Microsoft changes the name of their O/S just because they come out with a new release? We've had S/36, S/34, S/38, AS/400, iSeries, eServer, i5.... And all the time M$ has just had WINDOWS... Regardless of what you think of the quality of their product, it DOES have what we lack and need - POSITIVE NAME RECOGNITION
Don in DC At 10:28 AM 11/29/2005 -0600, you wrote:
Here is a flaw in our thinking... So few of us can actually call this our ~i~Series. We still call it an AS/400. So another name change would still only be one - you would have to stop calling it an AS/400 and start calling it whatever is next.However, my prediction is that it will STILL be an ~i~series, since they are marketing the ~i~ brand so well!Now, if we can get everybody who calls it an AS/400 to start calling it an iSeries, we may be able to remove this stigma about "old" or "outdated" technology. Yes, the AS/400 is out of date, but the iSeries is the LATEST technology and the successor to the iSeries.So, here is the challenge. If WE - the faithful - can stop saying AS/400, maybe WE can turn the tide against the AS/400 bigots.The iSeries - not your grandfather's AS/400! ----- Original Message ----- From: <dr2@xxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: OS/400 i5/OSYeah, like what this product line needs is YET ANOTHER name change! We've had more GM's than Steinbrenner's Yankees....and nobody seems to know what a iSeries is.... Oh well... Don in DCI'm sure IBM will clear that all up with their next breathtaking announcement. Maybe a "brand new name" to make the product "unique" in the industry. I would like to know how much money was spent on the last couple of "name changes". Just think how much money could have been spent on actually selling the equipment.-- This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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