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  3. February 2006

Re: Say Hello to IBM System i5!

Trevor Perry wrote:

> 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.

I think that's the problem.  There are a bunch of tools.



> 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.

As it's been said by others, you can refer to MS's product as Windows
and the variety of unix/linix versions as such (*nix).  But can you
define one name that for the box you are referring to ?

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