Re: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries

The 1988 AS/400 was rebranded the iSeries in 2000. The family name - System
i - was introduced in 2006 along with the new server name - System i5.

This is twice. In 18 years. The computing industry moves at a much faster
rate than twice in 18 years. I guess the problem is that we can still run
the same code on the platform that we could in 1988. When you can do that,
you have no sense of "time" and no sense of "modern".

BTW, the rebranding was done by IBM, not the System i division. It meets the
stated goals of IBM moving forward - not this platform. Our goal should be
to get with that program, since IBM is our vendor of choice.




On 6/11/07 8:34 AM, "Urbanek, Marty" <Marty_Urbanek@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> If that theory was correct, wouldn't people have been willing to buy an
> iSeries? I just don't understand how many times we have to "rebrand" to
> shed that prejudice.
>
> -Marty
>
> ------------------------------
>
> date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:00:38 +0200
> from: "Lukas Beeler" <l.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries
>
>> The whole platform is legacy in the minds of these people you're
>> referring to.
>
> The AS/400 is considered a legacy platform, yes. That's exactly why IBM
> rebranded it as the System i.
> Usually people have seen one or two ads about the System i, but have no
> idea what it is. And this is where can start selling, because they don't
> have a "legacy" prejudice against the System i.
>
> ...


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