Re: renamed to: Get users to stop saying AS/400

Your comment about users seeing MacBook Pro or Windows 7 constantly brings
up an idea I never thought of.

How about everyone changing their companies Sign On screen (you can change
the sign on screen)
And put:
Welcome to IBM i
Or
Welcome to IBM i running on Power System
Or
Some other term everyone can agree on
Some color everyone can agree on
Location everyone can agree on
Just make it consistent for EVERYONE

Users will see it every day or multiple times a day.
They will eventually start calling it by something other than AS00

John


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Loyd Goodbar
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:37 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Classes for IBMi/iSeries?

+1 to this. I don't call my MacBook Pro a PowerBook because right under
+the
screen, it says "MacBook Pro". The name is clearly visible to me. Every
time
I turn on my work computer, I see Windows 7, not XP or 2000 or a black DOS
screen. Now, if my only interaction running IBM i applications is via 5250
or the web, there is little or no indication whether I'm running on an
AS/400, iSeries, or Power. It's all about the visibility. The users call
it
"AS/400" becuase they've used the same software packages for 18+ years
with
no visible indication of the platform change from AS/400 to iSeries to
System i to Power. And in the end, isn't that how it should be?

Loyd