RE: OS/400 i5/OS

Yupo!

At 09:03 AM 11/30/2005 -0500, you wrote:

When I searched for my current job I used both AS400 and Iseries in my
searches.  I found more hits with AS400 though...

Joel B. Harvell
Food Lion, LLC
(704) 633-8250 x2709

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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

At 10:28 AM 11/29/2005 -0600, you 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iSeries, we may be able to remove this stigma about "old" or "outdated"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 Yes, the AS/400 is out of date, but the iSeries is the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!
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: <dr2@xxxxxxxx>
>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.
>
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