RE: Name help

I call it the IBM server, system i, iSeries or AS/400; depending on my audience.

Bryan Burns
iSeries Specialist
ECHO, Incorporated
Lake Zurich, Illinois

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From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of William A. Hansen
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 1:07 PM
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Subject: Name help

I need some naming suggestions.

Having been through this many, many, many times before, I have no problem in globally searching through my 100+ courses to change "i5/OS" to "IBM i." I'm also proud that I learned about "DB2 for i" by going to the IBM marketing site rather than to the Info Center, which still likes "iSeries" for most products. But I need help with two other names.

1. What is the generic name of the hardware that runs IBM i? I had been using "POWER systems," but the newest IBM style document says in no uncertain terms that a) what I meant by "POWER systems" must be capitalized as "Power Systems" and b) this family of computer systems does not include the blade servers that also run IBM i. I am ready to coin "IBM i system" as any lump of wires that can run IBM i. Your suggestions?

2. My company sells only IBM i-related training, but I cannot say so. Google Ad Words had no problem when I was an AS/400, iSeries, or System i training company. But they will not let me say that I am an IBM i training company. It seems that Google recognizes that "IBM" is trademarked by someone they don't want suing them, but not any of the other names. So how would you find me?

Just to illustrate how fun this has become, I'm now pondering how to change the name of a System i Access for Windows session called "Advanced Tools for Power Users." Apparently "power" is a name I can no longer use with its historical meaning. Arrgh!

Bill


William A. Hansen
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