RE: V4R5 (and convergent evolution)

[Joel Fritz <JFritz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I suggest that "Computer" would make a good name.  They could copyright it
like "crash proof."<g>

-----Original Message-----
From: John Earl [mailto:johnearl@400security.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:16 AM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: V4R5


Al,

"Al Barsa, Jr." wrote:

> At 03:40 PM 06/27/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>
> The rumor mill is that Armonk is asking all of the IBM products to
re-brand
> to the same name, and the second part of that rumor is that AS/400 is
> resisting.  Rebranding to one name (the RSASSNetfinity/3904006000) would
> only interject massive confusion into the marketplace, and would further
> delude AS/400's superior position in the marketplace.  IBM's internal CIA
> still tries to keep the AS/400 as a state secret, lest someone new might
go
> to the platform.

What a  "Magical" idea!


jte


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