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

For such an educated and knowledgable group, there are those of us (thankfully only a select few) who just seem to want to beat the same dead horse. 
 
Enough already!

Warmest Regards,

Richard Reeve

From: Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: renamed to: Get users to stop saying AS/400

If creativity is defined by bad programmer ASCII art in 2011, then there
is no wonder you guys want to keep calling it an AS/400..


On 9/29/11 3:29 PM, "paul therrien" <paultherrien@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

I like your sign on - very creative.

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ingvaldson, Scott
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 2:22 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: renamed to: Get users to stop saying AS/400

At my previous employer it was referred to as "That (little) old thing."

Here most users call it "The mainframe."

I don't correct them, but I preemptively call it: The IBM


Regards,

Scott Ingvaldson
Senior IBM Support Specialist


PS  This is the sign on screen:

                                  Sign On

                                              System  . . . . . :  DLPAR

                                              Subsystem . . . . :
QINTER

      /\\\\\                                  Display . . . . . :
QPADEV0002
    /\\\///

    /\\\

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        \/\\\  \/\\\  /\\\\\\\\\\ \//\\\\\\\\\\ \/\\\          \//\\\
/\\\ 
          \///    \///  \//////////  \//////////  \///            \///
\/// 


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                Password  . . . . . . . . . . . .  __________





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-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Klement [mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 12:40 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: renamed to: Get users to stop saying AS/400

hi John,

I think this is a great idea.

Indeed, back in 2002 when we bought an iSeries (we previously had an
AS/400) I did this -- I put iSeries on the sign-on screen, so everyone
would
see it every day.  I thought it was a great idea.

But, it didn't work.  They still called it AS/400.

Still, it's a good idea, and I think I'll do it again.


On 9/29/2011 10:10 AM, John Allen wrote:
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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