Re: When an AS/400 is called an iSeries

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Darrell,

Where did you get your iSeries? They have not sold a new one of them since
Jan 2006. Don't you mean an i5 - the latest in the System i server family?

And, could you not say - it is like Windows 98 and Windows Vista. Same
family, but you cannot call Vista the same old 98.

Trevor



On 6/8/07 5:24 PM, "Darrell A Martin" <DMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi:
>
> It had to happen. I mentioned to an x86 geek friend that we were "moving
> from our AS/400 to a new iSeries". (For your info, Model 720, V5R2 -->
> i520, V5R4.) The response was, "Yuck. Platform conversions are such a pain
> in the ..." I carefully, and in terms that might actually meet with
> approval from some of the members of this list, explained that it was not
> a conversion at all. The AS/400 is part of the Series i platform.
>
> Blank stare. Two or three slow blinks. Then a look of comprehension.
>
> "Ah ha. So the iSeries is just the old AS/400 with a different marketing
> logo? I thought it was new technology."
>
> So much for my feeble attempt at politically correct terminology. I'm
> going back to my practice of calling every box what it was called when it
> was built, which makes more sense anyway. And yes, I am HAPPY to be moving
> to a brand-spanking-new iSeries. (Fortunately, many of my skills will
> transfer.)
>
> Darrell
>
> Darrell A. Martin  -  630-754-2141
> Manager, Computer Operations
> dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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