Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I agree with you on most things, Trevor, and I agree that we have to 
live with what we get, which is System i.  Google is busted, IBM 
Infocenter is busted, my business cards and brochures are busted yet 
again, and no brand or nameplate identity is gained.

GM makes Buicks, Chevrolets, Pontiacs, GMC trucks, and more.  These 
brand names are a century old, more or less.  The name plates like Le 
Sabre, Caprice, El Dorado, and Mustang have 20+ year lives and are even 
recycled.  (Man do I want a new T-Bird!)  This is the paradigm that 
builds brand loyalty and name recognition.  In 35 years the midrange has 
had  a bunch of brand name changes.  Lets see; Sys/3, Sys/32, Sys/34, 
Sys/36, Sys/38, AS/400, and 3 more bland and forgettable names.  What 
ever else it is or isn't, it clearly is a marketing blunder perpetrated 
for several generations.   Why the sales people have not taken the 
marketing people for a ride in the country is beyond me.





Trevor Perry wrote:
> Joe,
>
> If you used the FAMILY name (System i), you would not have to change the 
> name for some time to come!
>
> Trevor
>
> P.S. The System i includes your iSeries, the i5, the AS/400 and the soon to 
> be i6...
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joe Pluta"
> Subject: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
>
>
> > The iSeries supports pretty much every character set available.  Certainly
> > as many as your standard Windows/*nix box.
> >
> > The QSYS library system is the only file system that has the 10 character
> > limit, and that's frankly all a business system needs.  Long 
> > directory/path
> > structures are needed for text-file-based operating systems that are
> > fconfigured with thousands of little files, as opposed to an OS with an
> > integrated database.
> >
> > But in any case, the iSeries supports long file names just fine in the 
> > IFS.
> >
> > The fact that the iSeries supports all those technologies IN ADDITION TO 
> > all
> > the technologies offered by other operating systems is a benefit, not a
> > disadvantage.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > P.S. I should start a cult: The Church of the Perpetual Myth of iSeries
> > Obsolescence.  I'd have to rename it every time IBM renamed the box, but
> > that might actually be helpful from a tax (evasion) standpoint.