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My sources tell me:
The machines are not being consolidated.
The results of a marketing study was that people associate IBM with "Computers" not "Servers".
All machines will be classified as Servers. The AS400 will still keep "400" as part of it's name.
Announcement will be 10/3/00 or shortly there after.
-----Original Message-----
From: Al Barsa, Jr. [mailto:barsa2@ibm.net]
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 12:19 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: AS/400 rebrand
At 10:30 AM 9/27/00 -0500, you wrote:
Whatever is going on is being kept very hush hush. We'll have to see what
happens.
Al
>I talked with some IBMers and they said "no... it's not being renamed, the
>machines are not being consolodated...etc... etc... "
>
>The only consolodatin, according to them, is advertising all their machines
>together as a "you pick which is best for you" type of deal.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nina jones [mailto:ddi@datadesigninc.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 8:32 AM
> > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: AS/400 rebrand
> >
> >
> > > I have just heard from an IBM'er a confirmation on the rebrand from
> > > AS/400 to I/400 or I/500. Even that the front covers changes too and
> > > that you can 'upgrade' your cover.
> >
> >
> > i heard that it was marketing driven, pure and simple. the as/400 has
> > been out for 12 years and it needed a new name. like the 'new coke'.
> >
> > the person that told me this, when asked if i thought it was a good
> > idea, paused for a very long time and said 'they don't pay me
> > to think'.
> >
> > nj
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