Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

[pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx]

   Just yesterday, I overheard the kid (under 30) in the next cubicle talking
   about the AS/400's in the server room. When he got off the phone, I asked
   him where I could find the AS/400's in that room. He said "Those big black
   machines in there". I told him that there have been zero AS/400's produced
   in this century, so he must be mistaken about the equipment in there.
    
   As he sat with a puzzled look on his face, I gently explained "The Truth"
   to him. I also pointed him to several IBM links, but most importantly, to
   the Angus link. I heard him chuckling for thenext couple of hours.
    
   Score one for the good guys.
   -- 

   Paul Nelson
   Arbor Solutions, Inc.
   708-670-6978  Cell
   pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
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     From: "Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
     Sent by: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
     Date: 12/08/2006 09:27AM
     Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

     And one more...

     You said:
     >  The many name changes are just adding insult to injury.  But since
     > they're not marketing it properly, positive brand recognition is not
     > there anyway.

     There have been NO name changes since January 2006. There were
     ultimately
     only 3 names - AS/400, iSeries (part of eServer family) and System i5.
     And
     that was over EIGHTEEN years - IT changes its diapers much faster than
     that.
     Now we have the System i family to cover all three platforms and bring
     the
     community together.

     So, collectively, we must:
     1) stop whining about ~ALL~ the name changes -
     2) start calling this platform by its CURRENT family name - System i

     It seems such a simple simple thing. Why is it that other IT developers
     can
     change and adapt fast, and we cannot. And it is just a brand name to
     change!! Maybe because we are dinosaurs at IT, we will become extinct
     soon?

     As for brand recognition.. while we collectively call it AS/400, there
     will
     be ~no~ brand recognition. IBM has given us a name for the platform, and
     until WE recognize the branding, there is no future.

     AS/400 is our heritage.
     System i is our future.

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