RE: i5....continues...

["Ingvaldson, Scott" <SIngvaldson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was sort of under the impression that the name of the O/S was already
decoupled from the name of the hardware....

My 2¢, rebranding again after such a short time just dilutes the value of
the brand.  Two years ago when I first tried to get my job description
changed to iSeries Administrator I was told "No one knows what that is."
The only reason it finally did get changed was that we bought an upgrade and
now the boss knows what an iSeries is.

Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group

-----Original Message-----
date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:11:14 -0400
from: John Myers - MM <jmyersmm@xxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: i5....continues...

With luck, they will FINALLY decouple the naming of the operating system 
from the hardware that runs it!!!  That is the greatest CURSE of we carry 
in terms of "proprietary" positioning!!!!

As long as the OS NAME is associated with the hardware, we will not be 
perceived to be "open" by the computing profession!!!

John
   
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