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

I don't know if I can get our signon screen changed, but I'll give it a try.

But I did do something along those same lines. We now have an internal portal with several EGL applications that I've written. The C-level executives like them very much, but I wanted to make sure they remember what system they're using. They log on to these apps using their green screen user IDs, so I have a big text box on the landing page that tells them they need to enter their IBM i user ID and password.

Then, just to make sure they know what is running this, if they cursor over the instruction box, it switches from a nice Arial font to monospaced green on a black background. So they use the new applications but they are reminded that it's not some Microsoft package doing this; it's the IBM i.

And that's what needs to be sold: the capabilities of the platform, regardless of the name.

Joe

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


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[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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