Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

A country ride - in a REO or a LaSalle?

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From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> I agree with you on most things, Trevor, and I agree that we have to 
> live with what we get, which is System i. Google is busted, IBM 
> Infocenter is busted, my business cards and brochures are busted yet 
> again, and no brand or nameplate identity is gained. 
> 
> GM makes Buicks, Chevrolets, Pontiacs, GMC trucks, and more. These 
> brand names are a century old, more or less. The name plates like Le 
> Sabre, Caprice, El Dorado, and Mustang have 20+ year lives and are even 
> recycled. (Man do I want a new T-Bird!) This is the paradigm that 
> builds brand loyalty and name recognition. In 35 years the midrange has 
> had a bunch of brand name changes. Lets see; Sys/3, Sys/32, Sys/34, 
> Sys/36, Sys/38, AS/400, and 3 more bland and forgettable names. What 
> ever else it is or isn't, it clearly is a marketing blunder perpetrated 
> for several generations. Why the sales people have not taken the 
> marketing people for a ride in the country is beyond me. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Trevor Perry wrote: 
> > Joe, 
> > 
> > If you used the FAMILY name (System i), you would not have to change the 
> > name for some time to come! 
> > 
> > Trevor 
> > 
> > P.S. The System i includes your iSeries, the i5, the AS/400 and the soon to 
> > be i6... 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Joe Pluta" 
> > Subject: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence 
> > 
> > 
> >> The iSeries supports pretty much every character set available. Certainly 
> >> as many as your standard Windows/*nix box. 
> >> 
> >> The QSYS library system is the only file system that has the 10 character 
> >> limit, and that's frankly all a business system needs. Long 
> >> directory/path 
> >> structures are needed for text-file-based operating systems that are 
> >> fconfigured with thousands of little files, as opposed to an OS with an 
> >> integrated database. 
> >> 
> >> But in any case, the iSeries supports long file names just fine in the 
> >> IFS. 
> >> 
> >> The fact that the iSeries supports all those technologies IN ADDITION TO 
> >> all 
> >> the technologies offered by other operating systems is a benefit, not a 
> >> disadvantage. 
> >> 
> >> Joe 
> >> 
> >> P.S. I should start a cult: The Church of the Perpetual Myth of iSeries 
> >> Obsolescence. I'd have to rename it every time IBM renamed the box, but 
> >> that might actually be helpful from a tax (evasion) standpoint. 
> > 
> 
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> Booth Martin 
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