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  3. January 2007

Re: What's in a name? (clarification)

Hi, Trevor:
I did not say "naming the server" ... I said, "refer to the platform". There is a difference...
For example, most people do not say that they are running an "HP Pavilion" or "Compaq DeskPro", they say they are running "Windows XP" or "Windows 2000" or just a "Windows PC."
It is the "platform" on which the software runs that matters -- that dictates (or is dictated by) what applications you run. 

Cheers,

Mark

Trevor Perry wrote:

Mark,

You have confused me.
How can naming a server the same as the OS ~reduce~ any confusion?

Trevor
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark S. Waterbury" Subject: Re: What's in a name?
The name of the operating system has been "OS/400" from 1989 until 2003 (V1R1 through V5R2). With V5R3, the name was changed to "i5/OS" and even V5R3 internally still says "OS/400" ... (this was "fixed" in V5R4).
Why not simply refer to the "platform" as "i5/OS" or "OS/400" ... and all of this "naming" confusion goes away...? 

That's my opinion,

Mark S. Waterbury

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