RE: What's in a name? (not so PRIVATE REPLY)

I think we should just call it "The system of many names"  or maybe
OIC... 


Thanks,
Tommy Holden


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of DeLong, Eric
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:56 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: What's in a name? (not so PRIVATE REPLY)

Go on, you didn't finish the list....

An iSeries runs OS/400 (or the i5/OS flavor), or Linux, or AIX...  Now,
what point were you making? <g>

Just checking,
Eric

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Ryan
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:48 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: What's in a name? (not so PRIVATE REPLY)


Well...the issue here is that a Dell box can run Windows (different
flavors) or Linux or UNIX or BSD or...

An iSeries runs OS/400 (you know what I mean).


On 1/25/07, Trevor Perry <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Mark,

System i covers the platform. In our case, this includes the server

and the

OS. This differentiates us from other platforms. Using 'System i'

covers

AS/400, iSeries, i5 and OS/400, i5OS, i6OS (if that is next). Using

System i

reduces the confusion and keeps the differentiation.

I understand your idea, but think we should be bigger than our OS.

Trevor

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark S. Waterbury"
Subject: Re: What's in a name? (PRIVATE REPLY)

Hi, Trevor:

I did not say "naming the server" ... I said, "refer to the

platform".

   Big difference.

Just like how 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."

Now do you "get it"?

Cheers,

Mark

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