Re: OS/400 i5/OS

The iSeries - not your great grandfather's AS/400!
The i5 - not your grandfathers iSeries!

Trevor Perry <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:  Here is a flaw in our 
thinking... So few of us can actually call this our 
~i~Series. We still call it an AS/400. So another name change would still 
only be one - you would have to stop calling it an AS/400 and start calling 
it whatever is next.

However, my prediction is that it will STILL be an ~i~series, since they are 
marketing the ~i~ brand so well!

Now, if we can get everybody who calls it an AS/400 to start calling it an 
iSeries, we may be able to remove this stigma about "old" or "outdated" 
technology. Yes, the AS/400 is out of date, but the iSeries is the LATEST 
technology and the successor to the iSeries.

So, here is the challenge. If WE - the faithful - can stop saying AS/400, 
maybe WE can turn the tide against the AS/400 bigots.


The iSeries - not your grandfather's AS/400!


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Subject: Re: OS/400 i5/OS


>
> Yeah, like what this product line needs is YET ANOTHER name change!
>
> We've had more GM's than Steinbrenner's Yankees....and nobody seems to
> know what a iSeries is....
>
> Oh well...
>
> Don in DC
>
>> I'm sure IBM will clear that all up with their next
>> breathtaking announcement. Maybe a "brand new name"
>> to make the product "unique" in the industry.
>>
>> I would like to know how much money was spent on the last
>> couple of "name changes".
>>
>> Just think how much money could have been spent on actually
>> selling the equipment.