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Darrell,

Where did you get your iSeries? They have not sold a new one of them since
Jan 2006. Don't you mean an i5 - the latest in the System i server family?

And, could you not say - it is like Windows 98 and Windows Vista. Same
family, but you cannot call Vista the same old 98.

Trevor



On 6/8/07 5:24 PM, "Darrell A Martin" <DMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi:

It had to happen. I mentioned to an x86 geek friend that we were "moving
from our AS/400 to a new iSeries". (For your info, Model 720, V5R2 -->
i520, V5R4.) The response was, "Yuck. Platform conversions are such a pain
in the ..." I carefully, and in terms that might actually meet with
approval from some of the members of this list, explained that it was not
a conversion at all. The AS/400 is part of the Series i platform.

Blank stare. Two or three slow blinks. Then a look of comprehension.

"Ah ha. So the iSeries is just the old AS/400 with a different marketing
logo? I thought it was new technology."

So much for my feeble attempt at politically correct terminology. I'm
going back to my practice of calling every box what it was called when it
was built, which makes more sense anyway. And yes, I am HAPPY to be moving
to a brand-spanking-new iSeries. (Fortunately, many of my skills will
transfer.)

Darrell

Darrell A. Martin - 630-754-2141
Manager, Computer Operations
dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



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