RE: i5....continues...

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James,

There is synergy over time with keeping consistency in the product name,
and changing the version version/release identifers.  Much more so than
changing the whole product naming conventions with each release cycle.

Windows/Unix/etc., have done really well in this area...



On Wed, 28 Apr 2004, James H H Lampert wrote:

> > I think the i5 concept was around when AS/400 became iSeries as I recall
> > running into it back then...don't know why they just didn't make the
> > change then vs waiting...
>
> What change? Potentially, there's an "I6" and an "I7" somewhere in the
> future.
>
> As for "I8," no, as a matter of fact, I haven't had lunch yet. And I still
> call them AS/400s. (I also write with a fountain pen, and prefer airports
> that still use boarding ladders instead of jetways.)
>
> --
> JHHL
>
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