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<<it's a sentence.>>

When is the next scheduled parole hearing?

:-))

Paul Nelson
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob P. Roche
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:12 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Software Vendors - A small rant

On 12/11/12 2:06 PM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:
Note to software vendors: If you want me to consider your software for
the IBM i operating environment running on Power Systems, please do not
call it, iSeries, AS/400, System i, or my personal favorite System/38.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.

-- Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene ii

And more to the point, if they're calling it AS/400, then it's probably
because they've been writing for it since before IBM started
Mickey-Mousing with the name!


And I still agree with an article I read recently,

IBM i operating environment running on Power Systems

Is not a name, it's a sentence.


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