Re: renamed to: Get users to stop saying AS/400

+1
This is beautifully simple.
Thinking about this I realize that this is what is called 'branding' and
this is what all these emails have been about.
I think this is very important and would be an initiative that IBM ought
to
implement.
This is also what the LinkedIn midrange group ought to be promoting.
They
have an on-going thread of 'What would you do to promote the IBM i?' (Or
something along those lines.) And this is a very good answer to that
question.
I will post your idea over there as well, if you don't mind.
....
Beautiful, simple.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Allen
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:10 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: renamed to: Get users to stop saying AS/400

Your comment about users seeing MacBook Pro or Windows 7 constantly brings
up an idea I never thought of.

How about everyone changing their companies Sign On screen (you can change
the sign on screen) And put:
Welcome to IBM i
Or
Welcome to IBM i running on Power System Or Some other term everyone can
agree on Some color everyone can agree on Location everyone can agree on
Just make it consistent for EVERYONE

Users will see it every day or multiple times a day.
They will eventually start calling it by something other than AS00

John


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Loyd Goodbar
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 10:37 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Classes for IBMi/iSeries?

+1 to this. I don't call my MacBook Pro a PowerBook because right under
+the
screen, it says "MacBook Pro". The name is clearly visible to me. Every
time
I turn on my work computer, I see Windows 7, not XP or 2000 or a black DOS
screen. Now, if my only interaction running IBM i applications is via 5250
or the web, there is little or no indication whether I'm running on an
AS/400, iSeries, or Power. It's all about the visibility. The users call
it
"AS/400" becuase they've used the same software packages for 18+ years
with
no visible indication of the platform change from AS/400 to iSeries to
System i to Power. And in the end, isn't that how it should be?

Loyd

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Charles Wilt
<charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Correct me if I'm wrong...

But my understanding, and I've never used a S/36 or S/38), is that
from a green screen user's perspective, there's obvious differences
between S/36, S/38 and AS/400....

Now compare that to the difference's between AS/400, iSeries, System
i, POWER running IBM i...

It's no wonder the users still call it AS/400!

Charles

On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Jerry,

It was not quite clear.

Did you call the AS/400 a S/36, because it could run S/36

applications?

Did you call the AS/400 a S/38, because it could run S/38

applications?

If the answer is yes, then calling IBM i an AS/400 is the same thing.
If no, then...
Do you call IBM i an AS/400 because it can run AS/400 applications?

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