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Re: OS/400 i5/OS

Don,
It is the people who are familiar with the platform who keep asking for AS/400 resources. It is from WITHIN that is causing the industry to think we are a bunch of backward operators! With the i5 and IBMs commitment to marketing, we are at a crossroads! If WE can change the way we think about our platform, then we CAN change the world. It will just take some getting over our stubborn inabilities to change!!
And, an AS/400 is NOT a S/38 or S/36 or S/34. So it needed a new name. And, the power5 technology is not an AS/400. So, there can be valid reasons for name changes. Sure, it is something that is hard to take, but we are here - so let us move forward and not live in the past!
Windows is an OS only - so we are talking oranges and pears here (no, no apples). Our platform includes hardware and OS and security and database and.... To get the equivalent, we would have to name things: 
Compaq+Windows
HP+Windows
Dell+Windows
etc...
And, while the Windows name remains consistent, we did have 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, XP, 2003 and now Vista.
And POSTIVE NAME RECOGNITION is definitely a good thing. Now that IBM is marketing, and we know the AS/400 has not a positive reputation, WE should all be using the iSeries as a name - a POSITIVE NAME - so that the not-yet-faithful will have a chance to learn about this new and amazing technology! 

Trevor
----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" 
Subject: Re: OS/400 i5/OS



Well, Trevor,
One thing I discovered when doing the research for the jobs article...people are still posting the vast majority of thier help wanted ads as jobs on a AS/400. Which is why I tell people to use BOTH AS400 and iSeries when doing a job search.
It's not just us biggots, it's the industry. Gee, ya think Microsoft changes the name of their O/S just because they come out with a new release? We've had S/36, S/34, S/38, AS/400, iSeries, eServer, i5.... And all the time M$ has just had WINDOWS... Regardless of what you think of the quality of their product, it DOES have what we lack and need - POSITIVE NAME RECOGNITION 

Don in DC

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