Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The name does not help sales. Sarcasm might. But using the old name will 
guarantee LACK of sales..


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch


> Well...certainly an easy fix. We make double darn sure that everyone uses
> the correct name...and sales will go through the roof. YAAAAY!!!!
>
> On 12/8/06, Haase, Justin C. <justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > No, but you can't buy a new Olds today.  And that's the point -
> > consultants and even IBMers go out to the field and say loudly "The
> > AS/400!" and then mumble "...or iSeries or System i or whatever..." And
> > then quickly make themselves feel better by rocking back and forth and
> > screaming "It's the AS/400!!!! YAAAAAY!!!!"
> >
> >
> > --
> > Justin C. Haase - Solution Engineer
> > IBM Certified Systems Expert - System i
> > Kingland Systems Corporation
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Darrell A Martin
> > Sent: Friday, December 08, 2006 9:45 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch
> >
> > Hi:
> >
> > The basic point of the rant about what "we" call ourselves is moderately
> > well taken. However, "we" do not -- all -- work on System i5. This part
> > of "we" works on an AS/400 running OS/400. I would love to work on a
> > System
> > i5 server running i5/OS (if that is the correct terminology this week),
> > and with any luck will have that opportunity in the next year or two.
> > There are a significant number of people on this list who are in the
> > same situation as I am.
> >
> > What are we supposed to say? "No, the System i5 does not have a
> > many-year track record for reliability, it just came into being
> > recently"? "No, i5/OS is not the latest in a long line of stable and
> > useful operating systems, it is relatively new"? It think not. At least,
> > I HOPE not.
> >
> > Besides, if you bought an Oldsmobile ten years ago, it is still an
> > Oldsmobile. It did not miraculously morph into a Pontiac or Saturn
> > because of a General Motors product line announcement.
> >
> > Darrell
> >
> > Darrell A. Martin  -  630-754-2187
> > Manager, Computer Operations
> > dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > midrange-l-bounces+dmartin=moreycorp.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on
> > midrange-l-bounces+12/07/2006
> > 10:59:36 PM:
> >
> > [snip]
> > > We work on System i - this is the family of servers which WERE AS/400
> > > servers, THEN iSeries servers, but are now System i5.
> >
> >
> >
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