Re: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant

Dave,

You should call it IBM i. That is the current Operating System name, and
if you want to look current on your CV, you should be up to date. Of
course, you should also include that you have had experience with AS/400,
iSeries. You may also reference OS/400 and i5/OS, and make a note that IBM
i runs on Power Systems.

It is important that you look like you are up to date. Otherwise, you will
be getting a job coding RPGII or RPGIII and miss out on all the cool new
stuff that a modern IBM i can do.

FWIW, there was never such a thing as i5. There was a System i5 for a
short time - maybe a month, but that was actually a System i before the
branding was finalized. And i5/OS was the name of the operating system for
only 2 years.



On 12/12/12 8:19 AM, "Dave" <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Call it what you like, for us it's still the AS400. A few IT snobs say
iSeries seemingly without knowing that the name has changed again. As
for i5, ugh! is that supposed to rhyme with that horrible americanism
High 5? Also, I've been looking for work lately. What do you think the
job adverts mostly use for the name of our system? What should I call
it on my CV?

2012/12/12 Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

Sorry Robert but that's a poor excuse for not using the correct
terminology with your customers regardless of what they call it. If
they are confused, politely inform them. And for the record, the name
has not really changed all that much when compared to other computer
products on the market. If you would like more information, use google
to find several of Trevor's rants about the topic.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 12/11/2012 8:31 PM, Robert Munday wrote:

But with IBM changing the name as often as they have and do, how is an
independent rent-a-programmer like me supposed to keep up? I still
have clients who call it "the 400". They pay the bills so they are
free to call it anything they desire. I personally use "iSeries". My
most recent client uses the term "iSeries". If I were selling software
in the example you site, then I would need to know and use the "IBM
Name Of The Week"... whatever that is this week. I personally don't
know.