Re: Happy 20th Birthday, AS/400

[Neil Palmer <neilpalmer400mr@xxxxxxxx>]

Well, as much as some would like to ignore the name changes, 
it IS the AS/400 name that's 20 years old, not iSeries or System i etc.
And that's what TPM called it in the referenced article.

Neil Palmer, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

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--- On Mon, 6/16/08, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Happy 20th Birthday, AS/400
> To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Received: Monday, June 16, 2008, 7:02 PM
> I am curious.  After the last name change Trevor fell silent
> about the 
> name changes.  Now I see Neil and others using
> "AS/400"
> Have we, by consensus, just decided to ignore IBM on this
> and call the 
> platform the AS/400? 
>
> If so, can we sign a petition or something?
>
> Perhaps someone can offer AS/400 decals for us to stick on
> our machines?
>
> Neil Palmer wrote:
> > Happy 20th Birthday, AS/400!
> >
> > http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh061608-story01.html
> >
> > Are you ready to be bombarded by all the official IBM
> publicity for this event?
> > Neil Palmer, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
> >
> >   
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> Booth Martin
> http://www.Martinvt.com
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