RE: Say Hello to IBM System i5!

If the AS/400 became the 'igh Five, maybe the xSeries became the 'ead
Butt.

-Jim 

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Urbanek, Marty
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 9:32 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Say Hello to IBM System i5!

Yeah, I heard that in a webcast yesterday. System i5, System z9, System
p5 and I don't know what became of xSeries.

I really wish they would stop doing this. It is hard enough to cultivate
mindshare for these systems without IBM changing the name every couple
years. I think this constant name changing reduces the credibility of
the whole system. Every time you have to go to management and inform
them of another name change they just shake their heads. Whatever the
name, seems I always end up having to use "AS/400" as part of the
definition. At least we have some people in the company who never heard
of it prior to "iSeries" so presumably I'll be able to explain it to
them as the "next generation iSeries".

-Marty

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date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 07:40:20 -0600
from: "Haase, Justin C." <justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Say Hello to IBM System i5!

Guess I need to get my job title changed now!

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/i/announce/


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Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Engineer