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Re: OS/400 i5/OS

It seems to me that most techies in our world are just not willing to look outside their small green box. Here are some simple facts: 

1) eServer is the BRAND
2) iSeries is the FAMILY
3) i5 is the current generation
4) AS/400 is something that is no longer sold
5) Websphere is a BRAND
6) Websphere Application Server is a Websphere PRODUCT
7) WDSC is a Websphere PRODUCT
So, we HAVE the opportunity to understand it in simple terms. It may be confusing if we try and sort out what it USED to be. But if we consider what they ARE, and interpret IBM-speak just a little, we can understand.
And, if we keep whining about it, then our IBM marketing folks might do something! Oh WAIT!!! THEY ARE!! It is time to stop whining about it, and get with the program. If we wish for the industry to consider our platform outdated technology, then we should keep talking AS/400. If we want our platform to flourish, then we should get behind it and promote the new era of computing that iSeries has ushered in... 

       iSeries - i i i  !
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Klement" 
Subject: Re: OS/400 i5/OS
Just my thoughts, but the "i5" refers to the hardware, like "AS/400" (which most of us still use, though) and "iSeries."
Technically, "i5" is one generation of the iSeries. The iSeries units that are based on the power5 chip are called the "iSeries i5". The Name "i5" wasn't intended to replace iSeries, but to qualify it.
So, the new generation of iSeries machines are i5. Then, when they released a new version of the operating system around the same time, they called it "i5/OS" instead of OS/400. That's confusing, because now it makes the name "i5" much less clear. That was a poor decision.
In order to call my machine an iSeries i5, I have to be running a Power5 chip. But, my machine doesn't have to be an i5 to run i5/OS.
IBM did the same thing with WebSphere. It originally was an environment for writing/running web applications. But then they renamed everything related to developing software to be called WebSphere and confused the heck out of everyone. Now nobody knows what WebSphere is anymore.
This is typical of IBM -- nobody really knows what they mean or what they're trying to say.

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