Re: What's in a name? (clarification)

["Mark S. Waterbury" <mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxx>]

Hi, Trevor:

I did not say "naming the server" ... I said, "refer to the platform". 
   There is a difference...

For example, most people do not say that they are running an "HP 
Pavilion" or "Compaq DeskPro", they say they are running "Windows XP" or 
"Windows 2000" or just a "Windows PC."

It is the "platform" on which the software runs that matters -- that 
dictates (or is dictated by) what applications you run.

Cheers,

Mark

Trevor Perry wrote:
> Mark,
>
> You have confused me.
> How can naming a server the same as the OS ~reduce~ any confusion?
>
> Trevor
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark S. Waterbury" 
> Subject: Re: What's in a name? 
>
>
>   
> > The name of the operating system has been "OS/400" from 1989 until 2003 
> > (V1R1 through V5R2). With V5R3, the name was changed to "i5/OS" and even 
> > V5R3 internally still says "OS/400" ... (this was "fixed" in V5R4).
> >
> > Why not simply refer to the "platform" as "i5/OS" or "OS/400" ... and 
> > all of this "naming" confusion goes away...?
> >
> > That's my opinion,
> >
> > Mark S. Waterbury
> >     
>
>