RE: Say Hello to IBM System i5!

Was there just an i5 (without the System) too?

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: Say Hello to IBM System i5!
> From: "Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, February 02, 2006 11:57 am
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Keith,
> 
> Are you unaware of the plethora of tools that can present a GUI or web 
> interface to a user withOUT 5250 requirements? System i5 has a legacy (yes) 
> of 5250, but it is not the only user interface any more.
> 
> And, can you define "these name changes"? The AS/400 was introduced in 1988, 
> the iSeries in 2000, the System i5 in 2006. 18 years is a long time in IT, 
> and the System i5 is significantly different than an AS/400.
> 
> Trevor
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Keith Carpenter"
> Subject: Re: Say Hello to IBM System i5!
> 
> 
> >
> > Yet given all that, it's the interface that leaves the biggest
> > impression.  5250 is killing the AS400/iSeries/i5 (and these name
> > changes aren't helping).
> >
> >
> > Keith
> 
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