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IBM had it right with iSeries. It notes it as a "Series" of systemsso
that prior and potential successive systems will also be members ofthe
series. It implicitly says that there are multiple generations of thefuture.
platform and that you should probably expect more generations going
forward. A series is like that. "System i" breaks that line of
thinking. It is singular and does not imply a past history or a
Anything other than that this system is it; take it or leave it.argue
There have been several people, I believe Trevor among them, that
that a System i is not an AS/400. If we are to allow AS/400s to beSystem
members of the System i club then that statement is false.
Like I said, we have two systems here and I call them what they are
labeled - one iSeries and one System i. If I'm speaking collectively
I'll refer to them as iSeries or Midrange. I don't generally use
i as it is awkward and doesn't roll off the tongue (or keyboard)easily.
I rarely revert to the last millennia and say "400".main
WRT the OS I do say i5/OS exclusively. I haven't said OS/400 for some
time. Now, if only IBM would do the same and update the system to say
i5/OS instead of OS/400. In the little places, you know, like the
menu and the list of LPPs.
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