Re: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries

Why?

eServer was an attempt at a family name. The server was still called an
iSeries. There was NO rebranding of note at that time...



On 6/11/07 8:51 AM, "Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Gotta throw eServer in there...someplace.
>
> On 6/11/07, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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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