Paul, don't forget snow shoveling.
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From: Paul Nelson <nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion' <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Mar 5, 2012 2:32 pm
Subject: RE: A FREE zip/unzip product - AES encryption update.
<<They even went so far as to say that "System i" was
he last name we'd ever need to learn. (LOL!)>>
I have some fashion questions for this esteemed group:
Given the plethora of IBM shirts I have assembled over the years, should I
ow feel comfortable in wearing anything without "IBM i" strictly for
ainting and/or yardwork?
:-))
Paul Nelson
ffice 512-392-2577
ell 708-670-6978
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ent: Monday, March 05, 2012 1:24 PM
o: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
ubject: Re: A FREE zip/unzip product - AES encryption update.
hi Kurt,
Right. When IBM released the IBM System i5, they said that the name
System i" would be a general name to the entire product family of (at
he time) AS/400, iSeries and System i5. So System i5 was the specific
eneration of hardware, and System i was a general name that applied to
he whole family. They even went so far as to say that "System i" was
he last name we'd ever need to learn. (LOL!)
As to hardware models ran which operating system.. that's a much more
omplicated question. There are people still running iSeries hardware
oday who are running the IBM i operating system on it. But, originally
and for almost all of it's life) iSeries shipped with OS/400 installed.
There was also model called the "IBM eServer iSeries i5" that contained
he moniker "i5" before the "IBM System i5" was released. This was
eleased about the same time as i5/OS, but there was only a very short
ime between the release of the iSeries i5 and the name change to System
5... looking back at it, it seems a little convoluted.
So there isn't really a one-to-one relationship between OS names and
ardware names (despite Trevor's chart.)
But all of this is getting a little far afield. The site in question
ould simply say "IBM i, i5/OS and OS/400" and it'd cover all bases.
n 3/5/2012 1:09 PM, Kurt Anderson wrote:
I was only going off the AngusTheChap Chart, but it seems to me that
System i5 would fall under System i, wouldn't it? That chart is
where I'm seeing System i ran i5/os
I'm not a marketer. Maybe it's fine to list support for a mix of
hardware and operating system names (former hardware names and more
current o/s names based on your comment about Power systems).
-Kurt
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