Re: MSFT video demos Host Integration Server

Trevor, you're preaching to the choir.

I'm not even going to attempt to open the can of worms that contains the
many reasons why the iSeries is (arguably) fading, that's a whole other
discussion, but I would suggest that the name by which we or IBM or anybody
else refers to it is way down that list.


On 6/5/07, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Haha!

Ron, I am not so much defensive as I am concerned about our future. We
hear
claims ALL the time that the System i is losing ground, and that i5/OS is
'dead'. I heard this from many hardware business partners as they focus on
the servers that sell - p and x.

I would like to see this server have a future. While the perception that
it
is OLD continues, we will lose more and more to Wintel and UNIX. To remove
the perception that it is OLD, one simple means is for the people INSIDE
the
community to call it by the brand name that the vendor has attached to it
-
TODAY.

It really is such a simple thing. It is amazing how difficult it is for
some
people to make such a simple change. It is amazing how quickly we are
losing
ground. So, I keep jumping up and down and making noise about using the
RIGHT brand name for the server. My hope is, that we all start using the
name System i, and when someone asks us what a System i is, we tell them
it
is not our grandfather's AS/400, it is not our father's iSeries, but with
that heritage and the amazing technology it represents, it is the best
platform on the planet. When a new CIO comes in and says "what is your
platform?", you can say "System i" and there will be no rush to get rid of
it.

I think if we keep saying AS/400 or iSeries, our careers will disappear
before our eyes. I also think that not using the new name is a poor excuse
for an inability to modernize oneself.

Trevor


--
Ron Adams