Re: AS/400 Server.

On 10 May 2013 09:53, Monnier, Gary wrote:

I'd really like to see IBM place their emphasis on the software
rather than the hardware. Something like...

IBM i/OS 7.1 running on Power Systems 7, 6 and 5
IBM i/OS 6.1 running on Power Systems 7, 6 and 5
IBM i/OS 5.4 running on Power Systems 4 and 5
IBM i/OS 5.4.5 running on Power Systems 4 and 5

A suggestion for what it is worth. May be trademark issues now with
Apple's iOS.

Not being a technical topic... I will not reply further on this
branch of the thread, beyond...

Other than the slash not being acceptable due to a trademark by
CISCO, and a reference to a non-existent OS release v5r4m5 [that is a
LIC release, not the OS which is inclusive of the LIC; and thus if
included, implies 6.1.1 should also have been listed]...

I believe that the list presented in the quoted text actually
describes almost exactly what had IBM intended since the IBM i naming
came about. At least from what I recall of the IBM /naming/ and
trademark documents I reviewed internally. With the Version.Release
[shown as v.r] being optional, for whenever the context does not require
expressing a release level, and the "OS" omitted:

IBM i v.r on Power

IBM DB2 for i v.r on Power

IBM AIX v.r on Power

IBM DB2 for AIX on Power

Note: The "i" was not abandoned for a former name as was done with
the "p" designation reverting back to AIX. So much for naming
consistency in the marketing ;-) And while Z [still, AFaIK] has no "on
Power", I recall almost exclusively seeing only "z/OS" appearing in
similar product naming; e.g. "IBM DB2 for z/OS" is almost every
occurrence found by a web search for "IBM DB2 for z ", where most of
those are "IBM DB2 for z series" which were an improper way to have
written "IBM DB2 for zSeries". These comments were offered only to
incite the folks /angry/ about the "i" naming ;-) but I doubt anyone
will have read this far.

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Regards, Chuck
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