RE: OS/400 i5/OS

But the operating system name is tied to the current generation of
hardware. Do we need to go through yet another intuitively obvious
(not) renaming exercise? Perhaps we can obfuscate all meaning.
Or...<and here's where the lightning bolt struck>...rename the OS to
Websphere <somethingorother>. I'm a freaking genius...

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: OS/400 i5/OS
> From: Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, November 29, 2005 1:08 pm
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Good points dude...
> 
> Now, here's paradigm shift that's needed.  We NEED to stop talking/thinking 
> in terms of HARDWARE and be thinking in terms of SOFTWARE and O/S...
> 
> One of the big reasons that Windows, linux, etc., are making inroads is 
> that people generally don't care what or whos server it runs on . As long 
> as the underlying chipset is compliant, the software should work.
> 
> I submit that this shift started just before Y2K really hit high gear 
> shortly after Y2k....  It's the applications that sell...people ask about 
> the hardware and O/S as secondary and perhaps tertiary concerns...  But, if 
> we're going to survive longer term, I think a standard name for the O/S 
> needs to be determined and stuck with long term.  And the O/S is what needs 
> to be heavily marketed.
> 
> Don in DC
> 
> 
> At 11:52 AM 11/29/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> >Don,
> >
> >It is the people who are familiar with the platform who keep asking for 
> >AS/400 resources. It is from WITHIN that is causing the industry to think 
> >we are a bunch of backward operators! With the i5 and IBMs commitment to 
> >marketing, we are at a crossroads! If WE can change the way we think about 
> >our platform, then we CAN change the world. It will just take some getting 
> >over our stubborn inabilities to change!!
> >
> >And, an AS/400 is NOT a S/38 or S/36 or S/34. So it needed a new name. 
> >And, the power5 technology is not an AS/400. So, there can be valid 
> >reasons for name changes. Sure, it is something that is hard to take, but 
> >we are here - so let us move forward and not live in the past!
> >
> >Windows is an OS only - so we are talking oranges and pears here (no, no 
> >apples). Our platform includes hardware and OS and security and database 
> >and.... To get the equivalent, we would have to name things:
> >Compaq+Windows
> >HP+Windows
> >Dell+Windows
> >etc...
> >And, while the Windows name remains consistent, we did have 3.1, 95, 98, 
> >2000, XP, 2003 and now Vista.
> >
> >And POSTIVE NAME RECOGNITION is definitely a good thing. Now that IBM is 
> >marketing, and we know the AS/400 has not a positive reputation, WE should 
> >all be using the iSeries as a name - a POSITIVE NAME - so that the 
> >not-yet-faithful will have a chance to learn about this new and amazing 
> >technology!
> >
> >Trevor
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message ----- From: "Don"
> >Subject: Re: OS/400 i5/OS
> >
> >
> >>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
> >
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